Setting the Rules of War

President Bush recently signed legislation that could make suspected terrorists in U.S. custody subject to the rules of the Geneva Conventions. Just what do these rules say?

What are the Geneva Conventions?

They are a series of international treaties designed to lessen some of the horrors of warfare. First adopted more than a century ago and expanded over the years, the conventions prohibit torture, the taking of hostages, mass deportations, summary executions, and other atrocities. Prisoners of war, the conventions state,

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