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DOS Memo re: Status of Detainees at Guantanamo Talking Points

DOS | ACLU-RDI 4026
State Department talking points memo on the status of detainees at Guantanamo provides information on the number of detainees held; the status of their case review; the U.S. is treating and will continue to treat all of the individuals detained at Guantanamo humanely; The President has determined that the Geneva Convention applies to the Taliban detainees, but not to the al-Qaida detainees. Al-Qaida is not a state party to the Geneva Convention; it is a foreign terrorist group. As such, its members are not entitled to POW status; All detainees at Guantanamo are being provided water and three meals a day that meet Muslim dietary laws, medical care, the opportunity to worship and correspondence materials, and the means to send mail and the ability to receive packages of food and clothing.
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