# Enemy combatants

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-combatants/322636>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 21, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-combatants/322636 "2005-09-21T01:31:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-combatants/322636/1 "2005-09-21T01:31:42Z")

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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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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-combatants/322636/2 "2005-09-21T04:13:56Z")

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

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

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**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2005, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enemy-combatants/322636/3 "2005-09-21T05:46:54Z")

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