Obama To Close Guantanamo Prison, US Media Reports
(Washington-1/13/2009 11:44 A.M.)
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/feature/20081107-5171446/news/20090113-OYT1T00358.htm
US Media reports through Obama Administration Officials that Obama intends to close Guantanamo Prison within 1 week following his inauguration as president. The prison is a US Navy manned facility in Cuba which houses Terror suspects.
AP reports if possible, there would be action undertook the day immediately following the inauguration.
With the prison deemed a violation of human rights, Mr. Obama plans for it's shut down. However with the logistical problem of transferring and accommodating about 250 people housed in the prison, the actual closing could take up to several months.
Yomiuri Shinbun
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