Ted Rall - Thursday September 21, 2006 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Fun facts: The geneva conventions by nation in accordance with international efforts to enhance the clarity of vaguely worded geneva treaty statutes. Here's what soldiers should expect if they're captured as a P.O.W. By Italy: prisoners may be forced to surrender their uniforms in favor of designer jumpsuits. By Afghanistan: Saharia courts in areas under Taliban control have redefined "food" to include exclusively "rocks" By the United States of America: You will be treated humanely which means you may be beated drowned and/or sodomized. By Germany: You will be supplied with a musical instrument. Namely the helicon variation of tuba. And may face execution for failure to master the instrument. By Australia: Federal Law allows the authorities to assign a stining poisonous or biting animal as your cellmate in the event of military necessity.

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