Camp X-Ray (Guantanamo)
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Camp X-Ray was a temporary detention facility at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp of Joint Task Force Guantanamo on the U.S. Naval Base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. It was named Camp X-Ray because various temporary camps in the station were named sequentially from the beginning and then from the end of the NATO phonetic alphabet. The legal status of detainees at the camp has been a significant source of controversy, ultimately reaching the United States Supreme Court.
As of April 29, 2002, the official Camp X-Ray was closed and all prisoners were transferred to Camp Delta. However, the term "Camp X-Ray" has come to be used as a synonym for the entire facility where prisoners from the war in Afghanistan are detained.
[edit] Background
Care of detainees at Camp X-Ray was handled by Joint Task Force 160 (JTF-160), while interrogations were conducted by Joint Task Force 170 (JTF-170).[1][2][3][4] JTF-160 was under the command of Marine Brigadier General Michael R. Lehnert until March 2002, when he was replaced by Brigadier General Rick Baccus. Since Camp X-Ray's closure and the subsequent opening of Camp Delta, JTF-160 and 170 have been combined into Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO).
In accordance with U.S. military and Geneva Convention doctrine on prisoner treatment, soldiers guarding the detainees were housed in tents with living conditions "not markedly different" from that of the prisoners while the permanent facilities at Camp Delta were under construction.[5] This camp was one location where allegations of torture of the prisoners have been made. [6][7]
[edit] References
- ^ Stephen Robinson (2009-03-22). "The Least Worst Place: How Guantanamo Became the World's Most Notorious Prison by Karen Greenberg". The Times. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/non-fiction/article5939446.ece. Retrieved on 2009-03-23.
- ^ Karen J. Greenberg (2009-01-25). "When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/23/AR2009012302313.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-18.
- ^ Karen J. Greenberg (March 2009). The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195371888. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/AmericanPolitics/ForeignDefensePolicy/?view=usa&ci=9780195371888. Retrieved on 2009-03-18.
- ^ Karen J. Greenberg (2009-01-26). "Outlook: When Gitmo Was (Relatively) Good". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2009/01/23/DI2009012302995.html. Retrieved on 2009-03-18.
- ^ "Interview: Thomas Berg". PBS Frontline. October 18, 2005. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/interviews/berg.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-01.
- ^ Daniel McGrory (2004-10-02). "Camp X-Ray Briton tells of his ‘torture’". Times Newspapers Ltd. (UK). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article489311.ece. Retrieved on 2009=03-28.
- ^ Paisley Dodds (2003-10-09). "Dark Age torture at Camp X-ray". Irish Examiner. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2003/10/09/story404882346.asp. Retrieved on 2009-03-28.
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