Enemy combatants

Great Debates
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I have a few questions about this topic, but I’ll start out with just a couple, and decide wether or not to ask the others, depending on the answers I get.

  1. Has the Enemy Cobatant status been around for a while, or was it something created by Bush?

  2. What’s the difference between an E.C and a P.O.W?

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See this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269612

And this one: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=334335

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Whoops, that’s what I get for not doing a search. Thanks for the links.