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US Military Adding New Construction at Guantanamo

17 February 2006

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Camp Six under construction at Guantanamo Bay



A report issued by the UN's Human Rights Commission on Thursday called for the closing of the U.S. military detention center at Guantanamo Bay. When asked about the report, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that while he does not agree with everything in it, he supports its main conclusions. Mr. Annan said sooner or later there will be a need to close Guantanamo and it will be up to the U.S. government to do it "as soon as possible." U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld indicated on Friday that the facility will not be closed, and he criticized the report for relying on false claims by terrorists. On a recent visit to the Guantanamo detention center, VOA Pentagon Correspondent Al Pessin found indications that the military has long-term plans for the facility.

Camp Five Gate at Guantanamo Bay



Camp Five is a two-story building surrounded by high fences and barbed wire, with fenced exercise yards nearby. It can house up to 100 detainees. And perhaps more important, there is another similar building under construction right next to it that will be known as Camp Six. The large cranes, hard-hatted construction workers and piles of building material do not look like part of any facility that is going to be abandoned anytime soon.

A Typical Cell in Camp Five



Secretary Rumsfeld says the men held at Guantanamo must be detained because if they were free they would return to terrorism. He noted that 15 of the men who have been released have done so.

However, the military recently decided it can release or turn over to their home countries 127 of the 496 men held at Guantanamo, and the State Department is working on making arrangements for that. In addition, the military has started another round of reviews designed to determine whether any more detainees can be released. Lawyers for the detainees, and human rights activists, say the review process is inadequate and unfair because no lawyers are involved and military officers make the recommendations, rather than civilian judges.

Camp Six under construction at Guantanamo Bay



The controversy over the legality of the detention of Guantanamo's detainees, and the conditions under which they live, will undoubtedly continue. The Defense Department says it has made great strides in improving the conditions and treatment of its detainees worldwide following revelations of past abuses. But it has also made clear that the controversy will not end its operations at Guantanamo, and that the men the U.S. military believes must remain locked behind the double steel doors . . .

report: http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-02-17-voa83.cfm


Halliburton built the detention camps in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Brown & Root Services, a division of Kellogg Brown & Root, was awarded a $16,000,000 task order for construction of the 408-unit detention camp at the Radio Range area of U.S. Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Units were to be of modular steel construction. Each unit was to measure 6 feet 8 inches by 8 feet and includes a bed, a toilet, and a hand basin with running water. The total contract amount could run as much as $300,000,000, according to the Navy:

related article: http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/37/11948

[CoffeeCat]

1. More than any issue facing the United States...

...Guantanamo makes me feel the most enraged, helpless and devastated.

Those pictures are heartbreaking.

I feel as if I'm staring at the precursors of another Holocaust.

I am terrified of these people. I'm terrified for our country, and for its future.

Please world....save all of us from these people.

[babylonsister]

2. Between Gitmo and the detention centers going up in the US,

there will be plenty of room to put anyone who doesn't agree.
I think they're just providing yet another excuse to line the
pockets of all their buddies before they're history.
Why aren't any of our elected 'leaders' going nuts about this?
Oh, wait, they probably approved it.
:eyes:

[bigtree]

3. they'll turn that negative attitude of yours around

with their new PR unit that was deployed there yesterday:

http://starbulletin.com/2006/02/18/news/story05.html

[babylonsister]

6. Negative? Moi?

I can't imagine that there's any reason to feel that way, can you?
So nice that the reservists are so raring to go, and think Gitmo
is so civilized. :eyes:

[bigtree]

7. the brilliant children

how they gleam with their imperious spit shine

[peacetalksforall]

4. Leave Gitmo - when there is still so much money to be made? No way!

[ginnyinWI]

5. So how long until we get kicked out of the U.N.?

How long until they decide we are a rogue nation? I suppose they'll wait until the * cabal is out of power, and give us a chance to make up for our sins with a new administration. But really, if we don't, then we deserve to be kicked out.