Afghan captives in Guantanamo

Afghan captives in Guantanamo

According to the United States Department of Defense, there were over two hundred Afghan captives in Guantanamo prior to May 15 2006.cite web
url=http://www.dod.mil/news/May2006/d20060515%20List.pdf
title=List of Individuals Detained by the Department of Defense at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba from January 2002 through May 15, 2006
publisher=United States Department of Defense
accessdate=2006-05-15
quote=
] The Guantanamo Bay detention camp was opened on January 11 2002.In the summer of 2004, following the United States Supreme Court's ruling in Rasul v. Bush, the Department of Defense stopped transferring men and boys to Guantanamo.On September 6 2006 United States President George W. Bush announced the transfer of 14 high value detainees to Guantanamo, including several additional Afghans. Several additional Afghans have been transferred to the camp since then.cite news
url=http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11323
title=Terror Suspect Transferred To Guantanamo
publisher=Department of Defense
author=f
date=2007-09-07
accessdate=2008-09-12
quote=
]

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