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Tuesday, May 29th, 2012

Posts Tagged Guantanamo Bay detention facility

GTMO Doctors Are Examining Omar Khadr Now

By | 04.29.10 | 6:17 pm

GUANTANAMO BAY — Navy Commander Brad Fagan, a spokesman for the military command running the detention facility here, told reporters that Omar Khadr “is being looked at right now by a doctor.” Khadr is experiencing an “urgent” medical condition, according to Dr. Stephen Xenakis, who briefly checked him out More…

Chaos Reigned in Guantanamo’s Early Days, Documents Show

By | 07.07.09 | 6:00 am

Statements declassified just before the July 4 holiday from the former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility paint an alarming picture of the camp’s early years, as interrogators’ and guards’ competence and discipline were frequently in doubt, befitting one commander’s assessment that the facility’s command was “an ad hoc More…