March 24, 2003
Geneva And Filming POWs
U.S. names 2 pilots said to be POWs
Al-Sahhaf said the POWs would be treated according to the Geneva Conventions and rejected accusations that Iraq violated the accords by allowing Iraqi television to film the prisoners and question them.Wow. I didn't even think of that. I had earlier read:U.S. forces allowed journalists with them to do the same with Iraqi POWs, he noted. "Is no one supposed to tell them they acted inappropriately?" he asked. "These hypocrites!"
The International Committee of the Red Cross said the showing of the prisoners on television violates Article 13 of the Geneva Conventions, which says prisoners should be protected from public curiosity.
in another article in the context of the U.S. protesting their treatment, but not in the context of us doing the same thing.