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Reuters AlertNet - Bush puts CIA prisons under Geneva Conventions

Senior administration officials declined to say what interrogation techniques would be allowed under the new order, arguing that the disclosure would enable al Qaeda and other militant groups to train members to resist the techniques.

The order prohibits acts including murder, torture, cruel or inhuman treatment, mutilation or maiming, intentional serious bodily injury, rape, sexual assault or abuse, biological experiments and the taking of hostages.

I BELIEVE, AMERICA HAS TO COMPLY WITH GENEVA CONVENTION WITHOUT EXCEPTIONS! EITHER BUSH CONTINUE TO FOLLOW HIS CRIMINAL INSTINCT OR HE WILL DROP TORTURE ALL TOGETHER WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ALQAIDA! I DON'T BELIEVE HE CAME CLEAN YET.

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