US drops 'enemy combatant' term

In a break from Bush administration policy, the US
will no longer hold terror suspects as "enemy combatants", the Justice
Department has announced.
Detainees will instead be held according to legal standards set by the international laws of war.
Under the new definition, only those who provided "substantial"
support to al-Qaeda or the Taleban will be considered detainable,
officials said.
President Barack Obama has ordered the closure of Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
..President George W Bush had argued that his status
as commander-in-chief allowed him to hold detainees unilaterally as
"enemy combatants".
The Obama administration will, by contrast, hold prisoners
under the authority granted by Congress, when it approved the
Authorisation for the Use of Military Force "against nations,
organisations, or persons the president determines planned, authorised,
committed, or aided the September 11 attacks, or harboured such
organisations or persons" in September 2001.


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7943114.stm