Day 24
Camp Delta Cell
A regular cell would be about 8ft by 6ft and about 7.5ft high. You could do about three small steps corner to corner. I can tell this is at the end of a line because it’s two or three inches wider and the sink is not flush with the window.
The water in the sink would often be cut off at prayer times when we, as Moslems, would have to make our ritual ablution by washing our hands, our mouths and our noses for our prayers to be accepted. It would cause a lot of trouble. they were looking for a reaction to call the ERF.
The heat there was intense, it could reach probably 50 degrees and it would be airless.
Tarek Derghoul, ex-detainee
$30 million – Cost of building Camp Delta, comprising Camps 1-3
$116 million – Annual cost of maintaining and running the camps at Guantanamo
79 years old – The age of the oldest detainee on his release after three years at Guantanamo
At least $500 million has been spent renovating facilities at the US Naval Base since the opening of the detainee camps
2003 – Largest captive population, about 660 in November
5 – Current number of detainees with prosthetics (22.7.2010)
6 – Number of detainees who have died at Guantanamo
400 miles – distance from Guantanamo to Miami, Florida
$39 million – Cost of building Camp 6 for 200 detainees
In 1994, up to 45,000 refugees occupied secure camps at Guantanamo
$15 million – Cost of building Camp 5 for 100 detainees
The US Naval Base at Guantanamo was first leased from Cuba 1903
45 square miles – Size of US Naval Base
$26 million – Spent on eight miles of road at Guantanamo Bay
22nd January 2010 – The date by which President Obama ordered the detainee camps to be closed
Guantanamo Bay is the largest and oldest US Naval Base outside national borders
Military service at the detainee facility at Guantanamo may lead to the award of The Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, created by George Bush on March 12th 2003
48 – Number of men currently listed for indefinite detention without trial
The US Naval Base at Guantanamo has nine restaurants and seven bars
15 years old – the age of Omar Khadr when he first arrived at Guantanamo. He is now 24
11th January 2002 – The date the first detainees arrived at Guantanamo
5,900 – Approximate size of the US Naval Base population
$7.3 milliion – Spent on baseball and football fields at US Naval Base
174 – Approximate current number of detainees, from 24 countries
5 – Number of detainees convicted by the military commissions at Guantanamo
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