08-F-1281_Status_of_Taliban_and_Al_Qaida_01-19-2002.pdf

SECRE1' SECRETARY OF DEFENSE 1000 DEFENSE PENTAGON. WASHINGTON, CC 20301-l 000 JAN l 9 2002 MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF SUBJECT: · Status of Taliban anq Al Qaida (U) Transmit the follo ·wing to the Combatant Commanders: '. ""tSt The United States ;has detennined that Al Qaida and Taliban individuals under the contro,1 of the Depintment of Defense.are not entitled to prisoner of war status tor purposes of the Ge(neva Conventions of 1949...