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HELD
AT BAY
families, which currently stands at
approximately 5,000.
The base features a Starbucks,
a Subway, a McDonald’s, a KFC/
Taco Bell, a supermarket, a golf
course, a restaurant serving Jamaican jerk chicken and an Irish
pub. A gift shop sells stuffed iguanas and T-shirts emblazoned with
Guantanamo Bay slogans like
“Close, But No Cigar.”
Fidel Castro bobbleheads are
one of the most popular items for
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sale at the base’s radio station,
Radio GTMO, which broadcasts
popular tunes like PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” Cuban music bleeds
over from stations on the other
side of the island.
Improvements have also been
made to the areas of the base that
house the detainees. The Bush administration quickly replaced the
temporary Camp X-Ray with more
permanent facilities in 2002, after photos emerged of detainees in
orange jumpsuits sitting in chainlink holding pens, causing an outcry from human rights groups and
In this
sketch,
alleged
Sept. 11
mastermind
Khalid Sheikh
Mohammed
confers with
defense
Army Captain
Jason
Wright, after
hearings
convened
for the day
on Feb. 11,