State Department cable concerning the applicability of the Geneva Conventions to the Guantanamo detainees. The cable states that a determination on the legal status of the Guantanamo detainees and the applicability of the Geneva conventions to Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters is still pending. Cable is heavily redacted.
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