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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

OBAMA TO CLOSE GUANTANAMO BAY !

GUANTANAMO BAY, the oldest US base overseas, is an American detainment facility located in Cuba. For the U.S. military operations in the Caribbean Theater, it serves as the cornerstone. It provides support to both U.S. Navy, Coast Guard vessels and aircraft, to be the assets of the assigned Joint Task Force-Guantanamo.

Canadian-born Omar Khadr will be among the detainees slated for immediate transfer. Built in 2001, the near empty Illinois prison 240 kilometres from Chicago a possible destination facility for the Guantanamo detainees.

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