>If that's true, the Geneva Convention would apply to the WTC.
>
>See Part I, Article 3: http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm
Hmm, some very scary ex-Special Forces guy on the O'Reilly Factor last night said that any U.S. commando action will be of the "direct action" sort (yeah, how about that use of words, anarchists?): i.e., all enemy forces will be killed. O'Reilly asked, "Even if their hands are up in the air and they're surrendering?" The SF guy said, yes. No survivors, no prisoners.
The Geneva Convention says in that article:
>1. Persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including
>members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those
>placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention, or any other
>cause, shall in all circumstances be treated humanely, without any
>adverse distinction founded on race, colour, religion or faith, sex,
>birth or wealth, or any other similar criteria.
Doug