In article , Hans Jørgen
Lassen writes

Matt, if the prisoners at Guantanamo are POW's, as you say, they should have
been sent home at the end of the war. Mr. Bush did declare the war for ended
some time ago, didnt he?
Still detaining them is an act without any legal basis, that is an criminal
act.

It is more than that - it is a war crime.

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Oxfam, and expect us to lick your frigid fingers for the
rest of your frigid life." (Mick Travis, 'If...', 1968)