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Missing Guantanamo Inmates Are ‘Worst Nightmare’ For U.S. Officials

Missing Guantanamo Inmates Are ‘Worst Nightmare’ For U.S. Officials

When President Trump signed the order to keep Guantanamo Bay open, he simultaneously shut down the Special Envoy For Guantanamo Closure, a State Department office that was not only responsible for closing the facility, but also for resettling and tracking released detainees. Now several have gone missing, according to CBC Radio. The office of U.S. […]

5y ago

Donald Trump Says NYC Terror Suspect Should Be Sent To Gitmo, Asks Congress To End Diversity Visa Lottery

Donald Trump Says NYC Terror Suspect Should Be Sent To Gitmo, Asks Congress To End Diversity Visa Lottery

President Donald Trump has said that he would consider sending Sayfullo Saipov, the New York terror suspect, to the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Trump called Saipov “an animal” and said he would “certainly consider” sending him to Gitmo. “Send him to Gitmo,” Trump reportedly said before he attended a Cabinet meeting at […]

6y ago

Guantanamo Bay Prison: Trump Overreacts To ‘Threat’ With New Executive Orders

Guantanamo Bay Prison: Trump Overreacts To ‘Threat’ With New Executive Orders

Guantanamo Bay Prison is still not closed despite President Obama’s effort for trying over the previous eight years. According to the New York Times, Congress and elected officials have reportedly pushed back against President Trump’s upcoming executive order to reopen black sites, after a first draft had circulated that threatened to restart illegal torture programs […]

7y ago

Osama Bin Laden’s Bodyguard Transferred From Guantanamo Bay

Osama Bin Laden’s Bodyguard Transferred From Guantanamo Bay

Abdel Malik Ahmed Abdel Wahab al-Rahabi, accused after the September 2001 terror attacks of being Osama bin Laden’s bodyguard, has been transferred from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. Wahab al-Rahabi was allegedly involved in planning the attacks on New York City, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The Department of Defense said earlier today (June 23) that […]

7y ago

President Obama Misled Congress On Gitmo, Says Paul Ryan

President Obama Misled Congress On Gitmo, Says Paul Ryan

President Barack Obama misled Americans on the closing of Gitmo, or the Guantanamo Bay detention center, where foreign terrorists have been held since shortly after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, House Speaker Paul Ryan declared in a statement today. “The president is so desperate to close our detention facility at Guantanamo Bay before leaving […]

8y ago

Guantanamo Bay: Nine Yemeni Detainees Released To Saudi Arabia For ‘Rehabilitation Program’

Guantanamo Bay: Nine Yemeni Detainees Released To Saudi Arabia For ‘Rehabilitation Program’

https://rumble.com/embed/vca2s/ Guantanamo Bay has released nine detainees to Saudi Arabia today, reports CNN. The transfer of the prisoners brings the number of those detained in the Cuban camp to 80. President Obama is visiting Saudi Arabia next week, and the Department of Defense released a statement in which it thanked Saudi Arabia for its “Its […]

8y ago

CIA Says No More Waterboarding, Even By Executive Order — But What Do The Candidates Say?

CIA Says No More Waterboarding, Even By Executive Order — But What Do The Candidates Say?

John Brennan’s time at the CIA has been dogged by international outrage over enhanced interrogation techniques, but “no more waterboarding” seems be the agency’s clear policy going forward. No matter who wins the upcoming elections, John says the practice will not return. In an interview that was aired on Sunday on NBC News, Brennan stated […]

8y ago

Guantanamo Bay Cuba Releases 19 Prisoners Ahead Of Obama Visit

Guantanamo Bay Cuba Releases 19 Prisoners Ahead Of Obama Visit

Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, along with drone strikes, have been the whipping boy of human rights groups when it comes to President Barack Obama’s presidency. While Barack has attempted to close the facility during the entire eight years of his time in office, Guantanamo Bay has held on stubbornly due to opposition from Republicans in […]

8y ago

Guantanamo Peace Park: Professors Propose A Radical Transformation

Guantanamo Peace Park: Professors Propose A Radical Transformation

Only 93 prisoners remain at Guantanamo Bay, and when they’re gone, what happens to the area? Could a “peace park” and conservation center replace the infamous base? That’s the plan proposed by two professors who believe a park could help end decades of animosity between America and Cuba. Cuba considers the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base […]

8y ago

Obama To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison, Plan To Relocate 91 Remaining Prisoners Expected

Obama To Close Guantanamo Bay Prison, Plan To Relocate 91 Remaining Prisoners Expected

The Obama administration will take another step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay prison Tuesday when it submits plans to relocate the remaining 91 prisoners to Congress. The Guantanamo Bay prison closure plan will divide the remaining prisoners into three categories, Department of Defense spokesman Navy Captain Jeff Davis told the Hill Monday. “We’re going to […]

8y ago

Ted Cruz Thinks Barack Obama Is Planning To Give Guantanamo Back To Cuba

Ted Cruz Thinks Barack Obama Is Planning To Give Guantanamo Back To Cuba

Senator Ted Cruz has claimed President Barack Obama is planning to give the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base back to Cuba “by the end of this year”. The Republican presidential hopeful dismissed Obama as “an apologist” for attempting to normalize diplomatic relations with Havana and argued there was a profound risk his administration would attempt to […]

8y ago

Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Released, But One Willingly Stays Behind

Guantanamo Bay Prisoners Released, But One Willingly Stays Behind

Two Guantánamo Bay detainees were released on Wednesday, destined for new homes in the Balkans. A third man was also slated to leave the controversial prison for suspected terrorists, operated by the United States at a naval base in Guantánamo Province, Cuba, since 2002, but he chose to remain rather than be relocated to a […]

8y ago

Pentagon To Shutter Guantánamo Bay Detention Center – Correctional Facility In Colorado Ideal For Those Sentenced To Permanent Incarceration?

Pentagon To Shutter Guantánamo Bay Detention Center – Correctional Facility In Colorado Ideal For Those Sentenced To Permanent Incarceration?

The Pentagon is expected to shutter the Guantánamo Bay detention center in the coming week. The Obama Administration is considering a few correctional facilities to house those moved from the detention center in Cuba, but it is likely to face opposition while bringing the prisoners back to America. The long-stalled plan needs a correctional facility […]

8y ago

Shaker Aamer Released After 13 Years In Guantanamo Bay

Shaker Aamer Released After 13 Years In Guantanamo Bay

Shaker Aamer will be released back to the U.K. after being held for 13 years without being charged with a crime. He was first cleared for release in 2007, but it was only after Amnesty International, the British government, and over a hundred thousand petitioners and protesters pushed the U.S. government did it finally happen. […]

8y ago

Guantanamo Bay Closing? Obama In ‘Final Stages’ Of Shutting Down Gitmo

Guantanamo Bay Closing? Obama In ‘Final Stages’ Of Shutting Down Gitmo

Obama is closing Guantanamo Bay? Barack Obama is reportedly close to fulfilling the campaign promise of closing Gitmo. A plan for shuttering the facility in Cuba will soon be presented to Congress, according to the White House. Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Guantanamo Bay serves as a “particularly effective recruiting tool” for terrorists. The Obama […]

8y ago

Raul Castro Demands Guantanamo and Issues Warning To U.S.

Raul Castro Demands Guantanamo and Issues Warning To U.S.

Cuban President Raul Castro issued both warnings and demands to the U.S. only one week after high-level diplomatic talks took place to start the process of normalizing relations between the U.S. and the island nation. The Inquisitr reported in 2012 that Castro publicly announced Cuba’s willingness to sit down at the table with the U.S. […]

9y ago

Bergdahl: Senator Says Jihadists Swapped For U.S. Troop ‘In Touch’ With Al-Qaida Affiliate

Bergdahl: Senator Says Jihadists Swapped For U.S. Troop ‘In Touch’ With Al-Qaida Affiliate

Bowe Bergdahl exited Taliban captivity in exchange for the U.S. releasing five jihadists to the government of Qatar, and now a U.S. senator claims those jihadists are “in touch” with an al-Qaida affiliate, which would confirm the fears of critics who objected to the deal made by the Obama administration. CNN reported on January 29 […]

9y ago

Guantanamo Prisoner Claims He Was Gang-Raped By Female Captors: ‘Let Us Show You Good American Sex’

Guantanamo Prisoner Claims He Was Gang-Raped By Female Captors: ‘Let Us Show You Good American Sex’

A Guantanamo Bay prisoner claims that he forced to have sex with not one but three female United States Interrogators, who told him “let us show show you good American sex.” The member of Al-Qaeda, named Mohamedou Ould Slahi, was prisoner 760. He claimed he joined the militant group Al-Qaeda during the Russian Occupation of […]

9y ago

After More Then Twelve Years Being Held Captive, Yemeni Prisioners Released From Guantanamo Bay

After More Then Twelve Years Being Held Captive, Yemeni Prisioners Released From Guantanamo Bay

Guantanamo Bay prison released 5 Yemeni prisoners and transferred them overseas after more then twelve years of being held captive. NBC reports that this announcement came late on Wednesday from the Department of Defense. The prisoners were detained in Pakistan by the United States and were suspected to be al-Qaida fighters. It was later determined […]

9y ago

Two Protesters Arrested Outside Dick Cheney’s Home After Refusing to Leave ‘Torturers Tour’

Two Protesters Arrested Outside Dick Cheney’s Home After Refusing to Leave ‘Torturers Tour’

While many don’t live to see their 83rd year, an 83-year-old woman and a man were arrested in a suburb outside of Washington D.C. on Saturday after protesting outside the home of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The two anti-war protesters were part of a “torturers tour” who, along with 20 other activists associated with […]

9y ago

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