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Guantanamo Bay stories:
Prison holds promise for job-strapped town
Nov 20th, 2009 - Washington Post
CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo. In the Midwestern autumn, the rural surroundings could hardly seem more different from Cuba...
Court rejects David Miliband bid to suppress CIA evidence
Nov 19th, 2009 - guardian.co.uk
The high court today flatly rejected claims by David Miliband, the foreign secretary, that releasing evidence of the CIA's inhuman and unlawful treatment of UK resident...Obama admits Guantanamo won't close by Jan. deadline
Nov 18th, 2009 - Washington Post
BEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set...
FACT CHECK: Guantanamo detainees and US prisons
Nov 17th, 2009 - Yahoo! News
CHICAGO – As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan...
Illinois Prison Could Host Military Trials for Terror Detainees
Nov 17th, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Obama administration’s review ofan Illinois prison as a home for Guantanamo Bay detaineesincludes examining whether it could host military trials...
Guantanamo Bay videos from YouTube:
1:26The Next Home for Guantanamo Bay Detainees?
Federal officials visited a prison in northwest Illinois Monday that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. The AP's Mark Carlson reports from Thomson, Illinois. (Nov. 16)
9:06Senator Lindsey Graham Asks Eric Holder Questions About Guantanamo Bay Detainees!
Senator Graham questions Attorney General Eric Holder on the process of trying Guantanamo Bay detainees.
18:03Guantanamo Bay - USA
June 2003 America has been accused of gross human rights violations for its policies at Guantanamo Bay. We gain unprecedented access to this controversial camp. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
6:52Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee tells his story
Since January 2002, the US has released just over 260 prisoners from Guantanamo Bay. One of them is Moazzam Begg, a British national who grew up in Birmingham. Since his release, he's been ...
Guantanamo Bay from WikiPedia:
Guantánamo Bay (Spanish: Bahía de Guantánamo) is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba (19°54?N 75°9?W? / ?19.9°N 75.15°W? / 19.9; -75.15). It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland.
The United States assumed territorial control over Guantánamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty, which granted the United States a perpetual lease of the area. The current government of Cuba regards the U.S. presence in Guantánamo as illegal and insists the Cuban-American Treaty was obtained by threat of force in violation of international law.
The bay was called Guantánamo by its original inhabitants, the Taíno. Christopher Columbus landed at the location known as Fisherman's Point in 1494, naming it Puerto Grande. On landing, Columbus's crew found Taíno fishermen preparing a feast for the local chieftain. When Spanish settlers took control of Cuba, the bay became a vital harbor on the south side of the island.
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