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6/29/2005 12:18:00 PMPakistan -- a corrupt military dictatorship not known for itssoftness -- released 17 former prisoners of Gunatanamo Bayand said they had absolutely nothing to do with terrorism. Yes,hundreds of Pakistanis went to Afghanistan to fight alongsidethe Taliban. That certainly makes them enemy combatants(and therefore appropriate to be held under the GenevaConvention). But that doesn't make them terrorists. But Bushinsisted that ONLY the "worst of the worst" would go toGuantanamo Bay -- do foot soldiers with no connection toterrorism and with no reasonable expectation of having anyuseful evidence count as the worst of the worst? Of course not.Are they are buddies or purely innocent? No, they are soldierswho fought on the other side in a war. They were on the wrongside, the losing side and they were supporting a nastygovernment. But they and countless others who weren't evensoldiers -- just innocent villagers handed over by tribal chiefslooking to score a bounty from the US -- make a mockery ofBush's claims about Guantanamo Bay. You can never ignore therule of law and expect decency and fairness to prevail. Itundermines everything the US stands for and everything weare supposedly fighting in the war on terror.
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