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| | DefenseLINK News: Geneva Convention Applies to Captive Soldiers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | WASHINGTON -- The Geneva Convention covers the three U.S. soldiers now being held in Serb custody, according to Pentagon spokesman Ken Bacon. |
 | | "By international law, the Geneva Convention applies to all periods of hostilities." Army officials identified the soldiers as: Staff Sgt. Andrew A. Ramirez, 24, from Los Angeles, Calif.; Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Stone, 25, from Smiths Creek, Mich.; and Spec. |
 | | Upon review, Bacon said, "The government has decided that the Geneva Convention applies." Depending on the circumstances under which they were taken, he added, it may be that they were entitled to immediate release. |
| www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr1999/n04021999_9904023.html (474 words) |
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