Noriega v. Pastrana, 564 F.3d 1290 (11th Cir. Apr. 8, 2009) (Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War, Aug. 12, 1949, 6 U.S.T. 3316, 75 U.N.T.S. 135 ("Third Geneva Convention" or "Convention"), does not foreclose the extradition of prisoners of war; 5 of the Military Commissions Act of 2006 ("MCA"), Pub.L. No. 109-366, 5(a), 120 Stat. 2600, 2631, note following 28 U.S.C. 2241 (2006), precludes Noriega from invoking the Geneva Convention as a source of rights in a habeas proceeding).

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