Call him prisoner of woe [saddam not POW, to get intense interrogation]

[truthisfreedom]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/146787p-129619c.html
Call him prisoner of woe

Without POW tag, grilling is tougher


By JAMES GORDON MEEK
DAILY NEWS WASHINGTON BUREAU

U.S. gave Saddam Hussein a shave and haircut but it won't call him a prisoner of war.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld made it clear yesterday that Saddam Hussein is not classified as a prisoner of war - and that's bad news for the ex-dictator.
Legal experts said that denying Saddam POW status is a calculated move to allow the CIA to take extreme measures to get him to cough up information.
POWs cannot be subjected to rough interrogations, put on trial or executed, according to the 1949 Geneva Conventions, of which the U.S. is a signer.
Saddam's location remained top-secret yesterday, although sources have said he is still in Iraq. When seen Sunday by Iraqi government officials, he was not manacled or wearing a prison uniform.

But that was before the serious interrogation began.

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[soothsayer]

1. lol they just want to know where his money is

what on earth else do they think he can tell them? they know full and well there are no WMDs

maybe they're going to try to brainwash him so he'll say what they want him to say

[quispquake]

2. I don't think they want Saddam telling about a lot of what he knows...

...dealings with Rummy, Bush I etc. I still can't believe that he was taken alive...I figured he'd be killed immediately just so that what he knows about the BFEE never comes out...

So, brainwashing may be the least of his worries...

[number6]

3. yeh, keep quiet about past deals with Rummy

or else :+

[kentuck]

4. I'll bet Bush is pissed that they took him alive .....

He acts like he would have been happier with Saddam dead? But if we say we were at war with Iraq, how can he not be a POW???????

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[Rex]

6. When is a prisioner of war not a POW?

When the BFEE says so.