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SECRETARYOFDEFENSE~ 000 DEFENSEPENTAGONWASHJNGTON..DC 20301.1000
JAN 19 2002
MEMORANDUMFOR CHAIRMAN aF THEJOINTCHIEFS aF STAFF
SUBJECT:Status of Ta]jban and AI Qaida(U) Trarismit 1hefoHowmg to the Combatant Commanders:Lt(s) The United States has determined that Al Qaida and Ta]jban individua]s underthe controJ ofthe Department ofDefense are not entitJed to prisoner ofwar Stiltusforpurposes ofthe Geneva CODventions ofJ949.(U) The Combatant Commanden; sha]], iD detainingAlQaida and TaJjbanindividua)s undeT ilie contro] of the Department of pefensc, treat them humaneJyand, tq the extent appTOpnate and consistent with mj]jtary Decessity, iD a mallDeTconsistent with the principjes ofthe GeDeva CODvent:1onsaf] 949.(U) The Combatant Commandm shaH transmit this order to suhordinatecommanders, including Conunandcr, Joint Task Force'] 6O, for jmpJementation.(U) Keep me appropriate1y jnformed ofthe imp1ementatioD ofthis arder.
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