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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States military located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in January 2002 by the George W. Bush administration to hold detainees it had determined to be connected with opponents in the "war on terror" after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US.
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The Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a detainment and interrogation facility of the United States military located within Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The facility was established in January 2002 by the George W. Bush administration to hold detainees it had determined to be connected with opponents in the "war on terror" after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in the US.
- Guantanamo Bay was set up to house foreign suspects following the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington
- The facility came to symbolise the excesses of the US ‘war on terror’ because of harsh interrogation methods described by critics as ‘torture’
‘We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,’ Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet.
‘We’re pausing the plan to move forward, as we review force protection protocols,’ Pentagon chief spokesman John Kirby said in a tweet.
The bombings of tourist nightclubs in Bali killed 202, while the attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta a year later left 12 dead.
The bombings of tourist nightclubs in Bali killed 202, while the attack on the JW Marriott hotel in Jakarta a year later left 12 dead.
Media in all wars engage in massive deception of the public, glorifying war and encouraging citizens to give up their lives for reasons conjured up by lying, immoral politicians and the corporate entities who stand to benefit
Media in all wars engage in massive deception of the public, glorifying war and encouraging citizens to give up their lives for reasons conjured up by lying, immoral politicians and the corporate entities who stand to benefit
The five will be the first to go on trial in the military commissions established to handle the ‘war on terror’ detainees.
The five will be the first to go on trial in the military commissions established to handle the ‘war on terror’ detainees.
Second such case after an EU court ruled last year that Lithuania was involved in a covert US government detainment and interrogation programme.
Second such case after an EU court ruled last year that Lithuania was involved in a covert US government detainment and interrogation programme.
At least one of the inmates has vanished in a terrorist-held part of Syria
At least one of the inmates has vanished in a terrorist-held part of Syria
Majid Khan, who became a government informant, used a made-up word coined by Donald Trump to describe his convoluted court proceedings.
Majid Khan, who became a government informant, used a made-up word coined by Donald Trump to describe his convoluted court proceedings.
Confessed al-Qaeda member Ahmed al-Darbi has been sent to Saudi Arabia, where he may remain for the rest of his 13-year sentence
Confessed al-Qaeda member Ahmed al-Darbi has been sent to Saudi Arabia, where he may remain for the rest of his 13-year sentence
Man accused of helping plot the attacks is said to be on hunger strike to protest against his treatment
Man accused of helping plot the attacks is said to be on hunger strike to protest against his treatment
A Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay is mounting a legal challenge to win his release, arguing in a US federal lawsuit that he should be freed when US combat troops pull out of Afghanistan because international law stipulates prisoners of war be returned home once a conflict is over.
A Kuwaiti detainee at Guantanamo Bay is mounting a legal challenge to win his release, arguing in a US federal lawsuit that he should be freed when US combat troops pull out of Afghanistan because international law stipulates prisoners of war be returned home once a conflict is over.