Closure Hopes Fade As Prison Turns 10 ; Guantanamo Cases Face Unclear Future.
Columbia Daily Tribune › January 12, 2012
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) -- Suleiman al-Nahdi waits with dozens of other prisoners in a seemingly permanent state of limbo five years after he was cleared for release from Guantanamo Bay.
"I wonder if the U.S. government wants to keep us here forever," the 37-year-old al-Nahdi wrote in a recent letter to his lawyers.See the full content of this document
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Closure Hopes Fade As Prison Turns 10 ; Guantanamo Cases Face Unclear Future.
Open for 10 years today, the prison seems more established than ever. The deadline set by President Barack Obama to close Guantanamo came and went two years ago. No detainee has left in a year because of restrictions on transfers, and indefinite military detention is now enshrined in U.S. law.
The 10th anniversary wi...See the full content of this document
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