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US military building new camp at Guantanamo
San Juan (Puerto Rico), Aug 25: In another sign that the US detention mission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is set for the long haul, the military announced yesterday it is building a fifth camp to hold more detainees and expand interrogation facilities.
San Juan (Puerto Rico), Aug 25: In another sign that the US detention mission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is set for the long haul, the military announced yesterday it is
building a fifth camp to hold more detainees and expand
interrogation facilities.
Camp V will make room for 100 more detainees,
increasing the capacity at the remote naval base in eastern
Cuba to 1,100, Lt Col Pamela Hart told the associated press in
a telephone interview.
Since it first opened in January 2002, the detention center has grown from open-air, chain-link cells that some likened to animal cages to trailer-style quarters where detainees have a metal bed, a sink, and flush toilets. It currently holds about 660 men from 42 countries detained for alleged links to the al-Qaeda terror network or the ousted Afghan Taliban regime that sheltered it. They include three teens aged 13-15 whom the military says it probably will recommend for release soon.
Hart, a spokeswoman for the detention mission, said the new camp also will hold more interrogation rooms.
Asked about the growing permanence of the camp, hart said "we will be here as long as the war on terrorism continues." The Miami Herald Broke the news yesterday of the construction of the new camp, citing an interview with the chief of the detention mission, Maj Gen. Geoffrey Miller.
In addition to increasing capacity for more detainees, new interrogation facilities will be installed to replace trailers that were used on camp delta's perimeter, Hart said.
Bureau Report
Since it first opened in January 2002, the detention center has grown from open-air, chain-link cells that some likened to animal cages to trailer-style quarters where detainees have a metal bed, a sink, and flush toilets. It currently holds about 660 men from 42 countries detained for alleged links to the al-Qaeda terror network or the ousted Afghan Taliban regime that sheltered it. They include three teens aged 13-15 whom the military says it probably will recommend for release soon.
Hart, a spokeswoman for the detention mission, said the new camp also will hold more interrogation rooms.
Asked about the growing permanence of the camp, hart said "we will be here as long as the war on terrorism continues." The Miami Herald Broke the news yesterday of the construction of the new camp, citing an interview with the chief of the detention mission, Maj Gen. Geoffrey Miller.
In addition to increasing capacity for more detainees, new interrogation facilities will be installed to replace trailers that were used on camp delta's perimeter, Hart said.
Bureau Report