No training in Geneva Convention

Soldier Says Role Was to ‘Make It Hell’ for Prisoners (washingtonpost.com)
Harman, an assistant manager at a Papa John’s Pizza in Fairfax County before being sent to Iraq, said the company received additional training at Fort Lee, but it was for “combat support, not I/R,” the military term for internment and resettlement. She said she was never schooled in the Geneva Conventions’ rules on prisoner treatment.

“The Geneva Convention was never posted, and none of us remember taking a class to review it,” Harman said. “The first time reading it was two months after being charged. I read the entire thing highlighting everything the prison is in violation of. There’s a lot.”

They weren’t trained to do the job. That makes it a problem of the system, and Runsfeld is responsible for that system. His resignation is in order…

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