US Military Adding New Construction at Guantanamo

[Lori Price CLG]

US Military Adding New Construction at Guantanamo

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld indicated on Friday that the facility (the Guantanamo prison) 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.

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SERGEANT: "Welcome to Camp Five. Here at Camp Five we house high value detainees that have been vetted by the Interrogation Control element and approved by the Joint Task Force Commander. This facility is actually designed based on an existing facility in Indiana." (!?!)

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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.

Secretary Rumsfeld hinted as much in an appearance Friday at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York.

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Lori Price
http://www.legitgov.org/index.html#breaking_news

[antonialee839]

1. Of course the prison is being expanded. How else

will the Bush Crime Family accommodate all the new prisoners and the latest in torture devices?

[NanceGreggs]

2. I tend to see the glass as half-full ...

At the rate this Administration and its minions are producing criminals and traitors, it's nice to know there will be a facility in future large enough to accomodate Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, et al - not to mention the war profiteers who have the contract to build the place.

[upi402]

4. another take on the cage thing...

neocons will be like birds in gilded cages. the world will not keep them safe. and they already hide from 'we the people'.

[classysassy]

6. Amen

in the old testament,there was this fellow who built a gallow to hang his enemies,but the tables were turned and the same gallow was used to hang him(The book of Esther,Haman was the plotter)

[Lori Price CLG]

3. As long as there is enough room for their torturers (Bush, Cheney...

Rumsfeld, Rove), after they are tried and convicted of treason.

Cheers,
Lori Price

[neweurope]

5. Indiana?

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[Lori Price CLG]

8. Yes, isn't that an amazing line? n/t

[neweurope]

9. Indeed, - Any DUers from Indiana who can shed a light on this?

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[IndianaGreen]

10. I wonder if they meant Camp Atterbury

During the Second World War, Camp Atterbury was also a POW camp. The facility was largely unused and deteriorated the last time I was there in the late 1980s when I visited the Job Corps training center. Recently the Army pumped a lot of money in Camp Atterbury as a training ground for troops being deployed to Bosnia. I wonder what else they are doing there?

[neweurope]

11. Thank you for the information.

:hi:


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[Earth_First]

7. If I were Castro, I'd tell these folks to "piss off!"

Enough is enough.