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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: Elderberry on April 05, 2021, 11:06:34 am

Title: US closes once-secret Guantanamo prison unit, moves prisoners
Post by: Elderberry on April 05, 2021, 11:06:34 am

Military Times 4/4/2021

A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday.

The prisoners (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/11/29/bidens-win-means-some-guantanamo-prisoners-may-be-released/) at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held as part of what U.S. Southern Command said in a statement was an effort to “increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.”

Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees the detention center at the southeastern edge of Cuba, did not say how many prisoners were moved. Officials have previously said about 14 men were held in Camp 7. There are 40 prisoners at Guantanamo.

Among those held at Camp 7 were the five prisoners charged with war crimes for their alleged roles planning and providing logistical support for the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

More: https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/04/04/us-closes-once-secret-guantanamo-prison-unit-moves-prisoners/ (https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2021/04/04/us-closes-once-secret-guantanamo-prison-unit-moves-prisoners/)