With President<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barack<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bObama renewing his vow to close detention facilities\u00a0at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GTMO,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bMedill News Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n
, reporting for the Military Times,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b traveled to the base<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b and photographed the abandoned Camp X-Ray detention center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The military used Camp X-Ray from 1994 to 1996 to house tens-of-thousands of Haitian and Cuban refugees who were seeking asylum in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The camp, reopened in 2002, held the war<\/p>\n\n\n\n
on terror<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b\u2019s first detainees. They arrived in orange jump suits, darkened goggles and ear covers. At its height, it housed roughly 300 suspected terrorists in rows of chain-linked, open-air cells. It included guard towers and wooden cabins, where the accused were<\/p>\n\n\n\n
would have been<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b admitted, received medical care and subjected to enhanced interrogation techniques. The detainees were transferred to a different camp at Guantanamo in April 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The military used Camp X-Ray from 1994 to 1996 to house tens-of-thousands of Haitian and Cuban refugees who were seeking asylum in the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By mid-2015, Camp X-Ray<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the camp<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u200bwas overgrown with weeds, isolated and empty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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