Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Spanish: Base Naval de la Bahía de Guantánamo), officially known as Naval Station Guantanamo Bay or NSGB, (also called GTMO, pronounced Gitmo / ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh as jargon by members of the U.S. military [1]) is a United States military base located on 45 square miles (117 km 2) of land and water [2] on the shore of Guantánamo Bay at the southeastern end ...
23 February 1903 : U.S. leases naval station at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. [1] 6 October 1903 : Guantanamo Bay Naval Station leased to U.S. [2] 12 December 1913 : Naval Station officially opens. Cuban flag lowered.
The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, [note 1] also known as GTMO (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh), GITMO (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ t m oʊ / GIT-moh), or simply Guantanamo Bay, is a United States military prison within Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), on the coast of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
This Dec. 10, 2016 photo shows the exterior of Camp 6 at the detention center at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval base, in Cuba, where the U.S. holds 59 prisoners, including 22 cleared for release.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked the authority of the official running the war court at Guantánamo Bay to reach settlements, the latest legal twist tied to a long-running drama over the ...
The United States and Cuba have had a tense relationship over the past 55 years. While things have gradually gotten better, it wasn't until recently that Americans were able to legally travel to ...
Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom is the title of a 2004 book by Victoria Brittain (a former Guardian foreign editor) and novelist Gillian Slovo (ISBN 1-84002-474-7). Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom is the title of a 2004 play, based upon interviews with the families of men detained in Guantanamo Bay, by the same authors.
The Biden administration was set to move 11 detainees out of Guantanamo, but hit pause amid political concerns after Hamas attacked Israel, some officials say.