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This 3 page paper defines and discusses the term “enemy combatants”—what they are and where the phrase comes from. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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be confusing. This paper considers what is currently meant by the term. Discussion According to a memo from William Haynes of the Council on Foreign Relations issues in 2002, an
enemy combatant is "an individual who, under the laws and customs of war, may be detained for the duration of an armed conflict" (Haynes, 2002). In the current "war on
terror," this term has come to mean a "member, agent, or associate of al Qaida or the Taliban" (Haynes, 2002). In devising this terminology, the government relied on the Supreme
Court case Ex parte Quirin, 317 U.S. 1, 37-38 (1942), which says: "Citizens who associate themselves with the military arm of the enemy government, and with its aid, guidance and
direction enter this country bent on hostile acts are enemy belligerents within the meaning of the Hague Convention and the law of war" (Haynes, 2002). In addition, the term
"enemy combatant" subsumes two other categories, "lawful and unlawful combatants ... Lawful combatants receive prisoner of war (POW) status and the protections of the Third Geneva Convention"; unlawful combatants do
not (Haynes, 2002). Its clear that this definition is of great importance. Of course the term is a combination of the words "enemy" and "combatant"; according to the dictionary the
first is derived from Old French and Middle English, based on the Latin inimicus; the word is defined as "a person who hates another and wishes or tries to injure
him." The word "combatant" comes from Middle English and Old French and means "fighting"; or "ready and prepared to fight." An enemy combatant then is a person who hates another
and is prepared to fight him. The words and concepts are centuries old, going back at least to Middle English and in the case of enemy, to Rome. This concept
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