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Demeter

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14. US military to spend $40m on Guantanamo prison renovation

Tue Jul 10, 2012, 07:20 AM

Jul 2012

INQUIRING MINDS MIGHT ASK "WHY?"

http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/06/249571/us-to-spend-40m-on-gitmo-renovation/

The US military has planned to install a $40 million fiber optic cable between the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba and the US mainland, indicating the US government will continue holding the notorious facility.

The project is aimed at bringing “the infrastructure of the naval base up to par with other government agencies,” said Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a spokesman for the Guantanamo military commissions.

US commanders at the base considered such long term investment in infrastructure as an indication that the US administration intends to continue operating the detention center...

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