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| ⚫ | Estimated to be located about a mile beyond the regular camp boundaries, the camp was described as a highly secret facility nicknamed "Camp No" by a couple of Guantanamo's guards. When soldiers asked about it, they were told "No, it doesn't exist". The guards and Horton speculate that the camp was used for secret interrogations, including the use of illegal [[interrogation#Interrogation techniques|interrogation techniques]], such as [[waterboarding]], commonly classified as torture.<ref name=Harpers2010-01-18/><ref name=AP2010-01-18/> |
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==Homicides related to Camp No== |
==Homicides related to Camp No== |
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Horton asserts that, according to interviews he conducted with four former camp guards, the three detainees reported by the military on June 10, 2006 as having [[Guantanamo suicide attempts|committed suicide]] |
Horton asserts that, according to interviews he conducted with four former camp guards, the three detainees reported by the military on June 10, 2006 as having [[Guantanamo suicide attempts|committed suicide]] instead [[Guantanamo Bay murder accusations|died]] while at Camp No, or soon after, as a result of secret interrogations there under torture. DOD had announced that the three men had died in their cellblock by hanging themselves in their cells. |
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The [[Naval Criminal Investigative Service]] (NCIS) released a heavily redacted report in August 2008; it said that the three men's hangings had gone undetected for two hours.<ref name=SetonHall>{{cite web |
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| ⚫ | In February 2010, [[Brent Mickum]], the lawyer for [[Shaker Aamer]], a detainee who is a British resident, said his client had described suffering torture at a separate location outside the regular |
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|date=2009-12-07}}</ref> The detainees were [[Ali Abdullah Ahmed|Salah Ahmed Al-Salami]], [[Mani Shaman Turki al-Habardi Al-Utaybi|Mani al-Utaybi]], and [[Yasser Talal Al Zahrani|Yasser al-Zahrani]]. |
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Horton wrote that DOD carried out a cover-up in asserting that the deaths were the result of suicides, all carried out the same night. He said the guards reported having seen a van return that night from the direction of Camp No and go directly to the medical center, where there was much crisis-related activity.<ref name=Harpers2010-01-18/> |
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| ⚫ | In February 2010, [[Brent Mickum]], the lawyer for [[Shaker Aamer]], a detainee who is a British resident, said his client had described suffering torture at a separate location outside the regular camp on the night in June 2006 when the other detainees died. His treatment included what has been called [[waterboarding]], which led to temporary [[asphyxiation]].<ref name=TheGuardian2010-02-11> |
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| quote=Shaker Aamer’s role in this story — which appears to involve a chilling and far-reaching cover-up — concerns statements he made to his lawyers, describing how, on the night that the three men died with gags stuffed in their mouths, he too was gagged and beaten so mercilessly that he was lucky to survive. Brent Mickum told [[Cahalan]] that Shaker Aamer was, effectively, being silenced to cover up “wrongdoing”... |
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}}</ref> Mickum said that, from Aamer's description, he thought it "'likely' Mr Aamer's torture was in the same 'black site' area, Camp No, identified by the Harper's article."<ref name=TheGuardian2010-02-11/> Although Aamer was cleared for release in 2009, he is still being held at Guantanamo, for undisclosed reasons. |
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Revision as of 20:31, 7 February 2013
Camp No (also known as Camp Seven) is an alleged secret detention and interrogation facility (black site) related to the United States detainment camps located in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.[1] On January 18, 2010, Scott Horton asserted in an article in Harper's magazine, the result of a joint investigation with NBC News, that such a facility was maintained outside the regular boundaries of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.[1][2]
Description
Estimated to be located about a mile beyond the regular camp boundaries, the camp was described as a highly secret facility nicknamed "Camp No" by a couple of Guantanamo's guards. When soldiers asked about it, they were told "No, it doesn't exist". The guards and Horton speculate that the camp was used for secret interrogations, including the use of illegal interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, commonly classified as torture.[1][2]
Horton asserts that, according to interviews he conducted with four former camp guards, the three detainees reported by the military on June 10, 2006 as having committed suicide instead died while at Camp No, or soon after, as a result of secret interrogations there under torture. DOD had announced that the three men had died in their cellblock by hanging themselves in their cells.
The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) released a heavily redacted report in August 2008; it said that the three men's hangings had gone undetected for two hours.[3] The detainees were Salah Ahmed Al-Salami, Mani al-Utaybi, and Yasser al-Zahrani.
Horton wrote that DOD carried out a cover-up in asserting that the deaths were the result of suicides, all carried out the same night. He said the guards reported having seen a van return that night from the direction of Camp No and go directly to the medical center, where there was much crisis-related activity.[1]
In February 2010, Brent Mickum, the lawyer for Shaker Aamer, a detainee who is a British resident, said his client had described suffering torture at a separate location outside the regular camp on the night in June 2006 when the other detainees died. His treatment included what has been called waterboarding, which led to temporary asphyxiation.[4][5] Mickum said that, from Aamer's description, he thought it "'likely' Mr Aamer's torture was in the same 'black site' area, Camp No, identified by the Harper's article."[4] Although Aamer was cleared for release in 2009, he is still being held at Guantanamo, for undisclosed reasons.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Scott Horton (2010-01-18). "The Guantánamo "Suicides": A Camp Delta sergeant blows the whistle". Harper's magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18.
- ^ a b Associated Press (2010-01-18). "Questions over deaths of 3 Guantanamo detainees raised by magazine article". Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 2010-01-18.
- ^ "SETON HALL LAW RELEASES LATEST GTMO REPORT, "DEATH IN CAMP DELTA"". Seton Hall University School of Law (press release). 2009-12-07.
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Paul Callahan (2010-02-11). "Were MI5 agents present at Battersea Guantanamo man's torture?". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2010-02-15.
He added he thought it "likely" Mr Aamer's torture was in the same "black site" area, Camp No, identified by the Harper's article.
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Andy Worthington (2010-02-12). "Torture in Afghanistan and Guantanamo: Shaker Aamer's Lawyers Speak". The Public Record. Archived from the original on 2010-02-15.
Shaker Aamer's role in this story — which appears to involve a chilling and far-reaching cover-up — concerns statements he made to his lawyers, describing how, on the night that the three men died with gags stuffed in their mouths, he too was gagged and beaten so mercilessly that he was lucky to survive. Brent Mickum told Cahalan that Shaker Aamer was, effectively, being silenced to cover up "wrongdoing"...
External links
- "US Court Denies Justice to Dead Men at Guantánamo", Andy Worthington, October 3, 2010
- Alex Koppelman, "The National Magazine Award and Guantánamo: A Tall Tale Gets the Prize–Scott Horton's Harper's story about detainees' deaths doesn't hold up", Adweek, May 23, 2011