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Gitmo jive: the real abuse at Guantanamo Bay.
GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA--In the fall of 2001, the U.S. Naval Facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba ("Gitmo" to those who live here) was teetering on the edge of oblivion, with a skeleton crew of fewer than 2,000 servicemembers on duty. Now a contingent of more than 10,000 resides here. Behind that surge: the need for secure confinement of a collection of human debris snatched from the battlefields of Afghanistan in early 2002.
These "detainees" are not innocent foot soldiers, or confused Afghan opium farmers drafted by the Taliban. They are Islamic fundamentalists from across the Middle East, rabid jihadists who have dedicated their lives to the destruction of America ...
- Guantanamo Bay expects to receive first al-Qaida, Taliban detainees on Friday.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) January 9, 2002 700+ words
...Byline: Ivan Roman GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba...police and their guard dogs patrolled...Army and Marine guards are ready to receive...to allow armed guards clear visibility...including the base at Guantanamo Bay, are still being...
- U.S. to reopen Guantanamo Bay base for Haitians. (Originated from Knight-Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Colon, Yves Alvarez, Lizette Marquis, Christopher June 28, 1994 700+ words
...camp at the U.S Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba...exhausted Coast Guard picked up some...processing operation. Guantanamo Bay will be used as...aboard U.S. Coast Guard cutters headed...Haiti. The base at Guantanamo Bay can accommodate...
- Developments relating to continued detentions at Guantanamo Bay.
- Magazine article from: American Journal of International Law Crook, John R. January 1, 2008 700+ words
...and transferred to Guantanamo Bay following President...Leaked Manuals Describe Guantanamo Bay Detention Operations...detention procedures at the Guantanamo Bay facility in 2003 and...operating procedures for guards and other personnel...
- Interview with Stephen Kenny, lawyer for Guantanamo Bay detainee David...
- Magazine article from: New Internationalist Richards, Chris August 1, 2003 700+ words
...the US Navy camp in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for nearly...I don't think the guards are even allowed to...whether Hicks was in Guantanamo Bay, on what basis he...confirming that Hicks was in Guantanamo Bay and that he was having...
- Stiletto Visits Guantanamo Bay.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 22, 2009 700+ words
...Guantanamo Bay, Cuba GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba -- The Department...Naval Station (NAVSTA) Guantanamo Bay (GTMO), Cuba to replenish...personnel along with a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment...news from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, visit www.navy...
- Guantanamo Bay translator suspected of spying, Pentagon says.(Knight Ridder...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Landay, Jonathan S. Rosenberg, Carol September 23, 2003 700+ words
...materials on a computer at Guantanamo Bay and transferred them...The prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, the U.S. military...arriving on a flight from Guantanamo Bay. (EDITORS: STORY...their military police guards to acting as translators...
- Three Arab detainees at Guantanamo Bay commit suicide.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. June 11, 2006 700+ words
...detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Facility...on Friday. The guards had found the three...them failed. The Guantanamo Bay facility is holding...clashing with the guards. And it is not...languishing in Guantanamo Bay, most of them...
- U.S. forces begin transporting detainees to Guantanamo Bay.(The Dallas Morning...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Gillman, Todd J. January 10, 2002 700+ words
...next home. At the Guantanamo Bay naval station, MPs...against communism, Guantanamo Bay became something of...temporary feel. The guard towers are bare plywood...proceedings might be held at Guantanamo Bay. Linguists are on hand...