I believe that those involved in armed conflict have been described in various forms--as legal combatants, as terrorists. I'm not going to pretend to be a military expert as to how that description should attach. What I can tell you, and I think what you are more concerned about--what we're all concerned about--is the treatment of those individuals and the future treatment, after they have been handed over.
On June 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.