Thursday - August 11, 2005

Gitmo By The Bay

It seems rice pilaf, honey-glazed chicken and restful nights with a good book are no longer enough for Gitmo detainees. Now, some are getting the full vacation package with TV, stereos and a nice view overlooking the Caribbean beaches ....

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)—The U.S. military plans to ease conditions for some detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba—housing them in a renovated section with televisions, stereos and a view of the Caribbean, the detention center’s commanding officer said in court papers.

For the past several weeks, the military has been renovating Camp Iguana for detainees who are deemed no longer a threat to the United States, Brig Gen. Jay Hood said in an affidavit filed late Tuesday in federal court in Washington.

The renovations are scheduled to be finished around Aug. 15, and some of those designated “No Longer Enemy Combatants,” or NLEC’s, will be able to live in communal housing with air conditioning, unlimited showers and additional food, Hood said.

“The living conditions for NLEC’s have been evolving and will continue to do so,” the general said in the affidavit.

Camp Iguana, which was previously used for daytime recreation for Guantanamo detainees considered the most compliant, has been closed for six months. The reason for the closure or the cost of the upgrade was not immediately available, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Hood’s affidavit was filed by the government in the case of two Chinese Uighurs, A’Del Abdu Al-Hakim and Abu Baker Qassim, who the government says were captured in Pakistan as they fled a Taliban military training camp near Tora Bora, Afghanistan in 2001.

Posted by The Skipper     on 08/11/2005 at 06:30 AM   
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