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The first twenty detainees arrived at Guantanamo on 11 January 2002. It was named Camp X-Ray because various temporary camps used to house Cuban and Haitian migrants in the 80s and 90s on board the station were named using NATO phonetic alphabet.
Jan 10, 2014 · The buildings don't last long and are constantly being replaced, but the first camp, Camp X-Ray, is the one everyone thinks of when they imagine the abuse suffered by Guantanamo detainees.
- Henry Blodget
Sep 1, 2014 · Camp X-Ray — with its kennel-like cages that were used for about four months when Guantánamo opened — is now overrun by vines, iguanas and banana rats.
Sep 7, 2021 · Initially set up as a temporary detention facility dubbed “Camp X-Ray” in 2002, the prison complex now comprises seven detention camps labelled according to the order they were built.
- Mohammed Haddad
When Tahar Rahim was approached to star in The Mauritanian, Kevin Macdonald's biopic about the 14-year imprisonment without charge of Guantánamo Bay detainee Mohamedou Ould Slahi, he knew as much...
- Hanna Flint
Jan 10, 2022 · Camp X-Ray at Guantánamo Bay held prisoners sent from Afghanistan. Doug Mills/The New York Times. Just two are held today. Of those first 20, eight were released by the time Mr. Bush left...
Mar 27, 2021 · Camp X-Ray, where the U.S. military held the original wartime detainees for more than 100 days, is now closed and in disrepair. Doug Mills/The New York Times. By Carol...
