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See other WORLD WAR III Articles Title: Guantánamo: Will America's Forever Prison Finally Close On Biden's Watch?
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Common Dreams
URL Source: https://www.commondreams.org/views/ ... son-finally-close-bidens-watch
Published: Dec 12, 2022
Author: Karen Greenberg
Post Date: 2022-12-12 16:30:12 by Charles_Byrd
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Views: 134
As of December 8, 2022, Guantánamo Bay detention facility—a prison offshore of American justice and built for those detained in this country's never-ending Global War on Terror—has been open for nearly 21 years (or, to be precise, 7,627 days). Thirteen years ago, I published a book, The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days. It told the story of the military officers and staff who received the prison's initial detainees at that U.S. naval base on the island of Cuba early in 2002. Like the hundreds of prisoners that followed, they would largely be held without charges or trial for years on end. Click for Full Text! Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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