Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of P.O.W.s

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One report reaching the U.S. military said that some of the 12 soldiers whose supply convoy was ambushed near Nassiriya in southern Iraq on Sunday were killed by their captors although they tried to surrender, a U.S. defense official said on Wednesday.

The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the report received from the field said that the U.S. soldiers "weren't given the opportunity to surrender. They attempted to surrender." Some of the U.S. soldiers instead were killed by the Iraqi forces, the official said.

The official did not characterize the nature or reliability of the intelligence information on which this report was based. The official also did not indicate where the surrendering soldiers were slain.

Another defense official said the U.S. military had received "mixed reports" about the incident.

U.S. officials have said an Army supply convoy apparently made a wrong turn during a battle near Nassiriya, and members of an Army maintenance unit were ambushed by Iraqi "irregular forces." U.S. officials say 12 soldiers were missing.

Five U.S. soldiers being held as prisoners were shown being interrogated on Iraqi television. The dead bodies of several others also were shown on Iraqi television. Some of the bodies appeared to have bullet wounds to the forehead, suggestive of possible execution, and were shown sprawled on the floor of a room in puddles of blood.

Iraq is a party to Geneva convention. No matter what the origin of the war is, it should apply. To both sides. From what was aired on the news today it seems the U.S. may have overstepped the Geneva Convention in a few instances as well.

I believe in the Geneva convention, however, we knew that there would be problems from the get go.

To add to that, there is no question that Bush has muddled anything relevant to the Geneva convention or any appearance of fairness that it is a wonder that anything can be expected to be followed.

There are violations and than there are violations. Executions of prisoners, if that turns out to be the true, is murder and the perpetrators if caught should suffer the same fate.

i dont think i would be out of line by saying NO nation at war has been in compliance with the Geneva Convention since the ink dried.

dyslexia, hush - the American people are not ready for that revelation!

right you never know about black ops

Or Chu Hoi's.