Enemy combatant
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- (8) The term 'enemy combatant' has historically referred to all of the citizens of a state with which the Nation is at war, and who are members of the armed force of that enemy state. Enemy combatants in the present conflict, however, come from many nations, wear no uniforms, and use unconventional weapons. Enemy combatants in the war on terrorism are not defined by simple, readily apparent criteria, such as citizenship or military uniform. And the power to name a citizen as an 'enemy combatant' is therefore extraordinarily broad. (Emphasis added)
- Unlawful combatants are likewise subject to capture and detention, but in addition they are subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals for acts which render their belligerency unlawful. The spy who secretly and without uniform passes the military lines of a belligerent in time of war, seeking to gather military information and communicate it to the enemy, or an enemy combatant who without uniform comes secretly through the lines for the purpose of waging war by destruction of life or property, are familiar examples of belligerents who are generally deemed not to be entitled to the status of prisoners of war, but to be offenders against the law of war subject to trial and punishment by military tribunals.
- Under the provisions of the Secretary of the Navy Memorandum Implementation of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Procedures for Enemy Combatant Detained at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base Cuba ... An enemy combatant has been defined as "an individual who was part of or supporting the Taliban or al Qaida forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners. This includes any person who committed a belligerent act or has directly supported hostilities in aid of enemy armed forces." [Summary of Evidence for Combatant Status Review Tribunal - Detainee Begg, Moazzam]
"Enemy Combatant"Yasmin Alibhai-Brown ''Review of [Enemy Combatant, by Moazzam Begg with Victoria Brittain] in The Independent 24 March 2006. is also the title of a book written by a British Muslim, Moazzam Begg, and co-written by Victoria Brittain, a former Associate Foreign Editor for the Guardian newspaper, about Begg's detention by the government of the United States of America in Camp X-Ray, Guantanamo Bay. He was seized in Islamabad in February 2002, and after prolonged sessions of interrogation, he was released from detention on January 25, 2005, without charge or compensation or an apology.
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Further reading
- Daniel Torres [An Examination of the Legal Rights of American Citizens Detained as Enemy Combatants in the War on Terror]
- [Read Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports regarding Enemy Combatants]
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