Guantanamo 'prepared' for new inmates: US admiral
Source: Middle East Eye
On the campaign trail, US President Donald Trump vowed to load Guantanamo with 'bad dudes'
MEE and agencies
Thursday 15 February 2018 19:20 UTC
Last update: Thursday 15 February 2018 20:52 UTC
A top US military official said on Thursday that the prison at Guantanamo Bay is "prepared" to take new detainees, but has not yet received the order to do so.
The prison, which was opened by former President George W Bush to hold terrorism suspects captured overseas after the 11 September 2001 attacks, has come to symbolise harsh detention practices that opened the United States to accusations of torture.
His successor Barack Obama ended the use of "enhanced interrogation techniques" via executive order in January 2009, and reduced the inmate population to 41, but fell short of fulfilling his promise to close the jail.
President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order reversing Obama's ultimately fruitless 2009 directive to shutter the prison.
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