Word: pow
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...accord POW status to the detainees at Guantanamo Bay [VIEWPOINT, Feb. 4]? They could be incarcerated without trial until the war against terrorism is over and then released. This is what happened in World Wars I and II. I don't suppose the legal profession would be too keen on this idea, but it makes a lot of sense to me, as it would probably mean the prisoners would never go free. DAVID WILLIAMS Hadleigh, England...
According to the Geneva Convention, classification as a non-POW is done by an independent third party, not on a whim. And if those who are detained are not pows, they should be charged with a specific crime. LEIF STORM Regina, Sask...
...found out later that the French author Pierre Boulle got his story idea while he was a POW under the Japanese. He saw himself as the human and the Japanese as apes," says Oyamada with a laugh. "But since Cornelius' character is a sort of intermediary between the apes and humans, it kind of makes sense for me to have that name...
...cares if the detainees in Guantanamo Bay may be mistreated? These are the people who butchered a nation, treated women with contempt and smuggled weapons into a POW camp, resulting in the death of at least one American. Under the circumstances, they are being very well treated. DALE R. MINOR Circleville, Ohio...
...breakout star of the film is in fact Farrell, a relative unknown from Ireland who gives an impressive performance as the son of a senator who is shielded from the front line but not from confrontational situations in the POW camp. Farrell, as well as Marcel Iures (who plays German Col. Wilhelm Visser) and Terrence Howard (who plays Hart’s client), all upstage Willis’ colonel. In fairness to Willis, however, his character is much less dynamic than his German counterpart or his subordinates. While these other three characters each get the chance to glorify their position...