Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
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Guantanamo Bay: depressed US towns battle to house detainees in 'Gitmo North'...to house detainees in 'Gitmo North' Several blighted US towns are battling for the right to host Guantanamo Bay terror detainees in their own backyards in an unusual case of reverse "nimbyism". By Philip Sherwell in New York and Alex... In this article: Detainee, Guantanamo Bay, US, Guantanamo, Islamic, Unemployment, The Sunday Telegraph, Illinois, and Pentagon |
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Sydney Morning Herald - World | November 18, 2009
US will miss deadline to shut Guantanamo: Obama
US will miss deadline to shut Guantanamo: Obama President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the "war on terror" prison at Guantanamo Bay,...
In this article: Barack Obama, Guantanamo, United States, Eric Holder, Detainee, Attorney General, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, The White House, Asia, and New York City
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USATODAY.com | 4 days ago
Approval of Obama on Afghan war dives
...of fronts, Obama is moving against headwinds: • By more than 2-1, Americans say the United States shouldn't close the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, as Obama has promised. • By 49%-44%, they oppose passing a health care bill...
In this article: Barack Obama, Afghanistan, United States, Al-Qaeda, Stanley McChrystal, Global warming, Eric Holder, Tufts University, and Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
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ABC News | November 17, 2009
Gitmo Detainees to Your Neighborhood?
...inmates to Illinois prison. Attorney General Eric Holder said Friday the United States would bring five Gitmo detainees, including four alleged 9/11 conspirators, to New York City to stand trial in federal court. Holder also said that five...
In this article: Detainee, Gitmo, Eric Holder, Illinois, United States, Department of Homeland Security, and Bureau of Prisons
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washingtonpost.com | November 17, 2009
Obama pushes human rights in meetings with Chinese
...on human rights, given Obama's global popularity and his efforts to close the detention facility for suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bader also says the U.S. case is helped when the "salesman" is as persuasive as Obama.
In this article: Barack Obama, United States, Hu Jintao, Guantanamo Bay, Asia, Beijing, Cuba, and China
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NPR | November 18, 2009
Holder To Defend Sept. 11 Trials At Senate Hearing
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announces Nov. 13 that the alleged mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, and four other Guantanamo detainees accused in the 2001 attacks will be tried in federal court in New York.
In this article: Eric Holder, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Detainee, Attorney General, New York, Guantanamo, Barack Obama, and United States
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Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees
Algeria court acquits two ex-Guantanamo detainees ALGIERS (Reuters) - Two men who had been held for seven years in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court...
In this article: Detainee, Algeria, Guantanamo Bay, United States, Algiers, Center for Constitutional Rights, and Barack Obama
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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on 45 square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling (fueling) station following on the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the oldest overseas U.S. Navy Base, and the only one in a country with which the United States does not have diplomatic relations.
The Cuban government opposes the presence of the naval base, claiming that the lease is invalid under international law. The U.S. government claims that the lease is valid.
Since 2002, the naval base has contained a military prison, the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, for persons alleged to be enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and later in Iraq. These are combatants who are considered "unlawful combatants" and who were formerly not being afforded protection under the Geneva Conventions for various reasons.
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