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OLC Memo: "Protected Persons" in Occupied Iraq

Mar. 21, 2004 | OLC | ACLU-RDI 5048
An OLC memo analyzing the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in the Time of War ("GC"). The memo provides three opinions. Part I concludes that "GC governs the occupation of Iraq." Part II discusses GC's general criteria for inclusion and exclusion related to "protected person" status. Part III determines that Al Qaeda operatives "are not entitled to 'protected person' status."
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