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A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:54:09 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in 2004. Guantanamo Bay was used as a "recruiting tool" for terrorism more than anything else, US homeland security chief Janet Napolitano said Friday, during a visit to the European parliament.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:57:35 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Detainees pray at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Senate voted Thursday to defeat a measure that would have blocked five Guantanamo Bay detainees accused of plotting the September 11, 2001 attacks from getting trials in federal courts.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)

A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:59:55 GMT

(Reuters) - A view of Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

Former Guantanamo Bay detainees, from left, Dawut Abdurehim, ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:31:42 GMT

(AP) - Former Guantanamo Bay detainees, from left, Dawut Abdurehim, Ali Mohammed, Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman and Ahmad Tourson board a boat to leave for an afternoon picnic on Bablomekang, in the Rock Islands of Palau Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Six Chinese Muslim men are relieved and thankful to be out of the U.S. prison and beginning new lives in Palau. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminsky)

Former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Ahmad Tourson, left, Dawut ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:27:36 GMT

(AP) - Former Guantanamo Bay detainees, Ahmad Tourson, left, Dawut Abdurehim, second right, and Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, right, share a chuckle with interpreter Ala Mamtimin, second left, and attorney Michael Sternhell, center, as they grill beef skewers on the beach on Bablomekang, in the Rock Islands of Palau, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Six Chinese Muslim men are relieved and thankful to be out of the U.S. prison and beginning new lives in Palau. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminsky)

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, left, ...

(AP) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:22:23 GMT

(AP) - Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Abdul Ghappar Abdul Rahman, left, wades for the first time in the Pacific Ocean, accompanied by Michael Sternhell, a lawyer for the former detainees, on Bablomekang, in the Rock Islands of Palau Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Six Chinese Muslim men are relieved and thankful to be out of the U.S. prison and beginning new lives in Palau. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminsky)

A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:29:53 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. The White House denied Monday that swine flu vaccine was being sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, knocking down reports detainees would get shots in short supply for at-risk people in the United States.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

Jackson Henry, Palau's ambassador to Taiwan, second from left, ...

(AP) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:42:11 GMT

(AP) - Jackson Henry, Palau's ambassador to Taiwan, second from left, and Masaichi Etiterngel, a Palauan traditional chief, third left, presents four recently freed Guantanamo Bay detainee Uighurs with a bouquet of roses as a welcome gift to Palau in the capital, Koror, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees thanked the people of Palau for taking them in, but signaled the Pacific Island nation would be only a temporary home. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminsky)

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, members of Palau's ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:15 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, members of Palau's Muslim community wash as they prepare to attend a mosque in the capital Koror for prayers. Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation's already-tiny Muslim community, making integration harder. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminski, File)

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, members of Palau's ...

(AP) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:21:44 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2009 file photo, members of Palau's Muslim community attend a mosque in the capital Koror for prayers. Six former Guantanamo Bay detainees brought to Palau for resettlement have received a warm official welcome, but a plan to deport Bangladeshi workers could halve this Pacific Island nation's already-tiny Muslim community, making integration harder. (AP Photo/Jonathan Kaminski, File)

A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme ...

(AFP/File) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:38 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. The US Supreme Court refused Monday to consider the case of a Yemeni detainee held at Guantanamo Bay despite a lower court order for his release.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

US military-reviewed image shows an American guard passing along ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:11:31 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - US military-reviewed image shows an American guard passing along the exterior of the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Six Chinese Muslim Uighur men have been released on the Pacific island nation of Palau having been cleared several years ago of being "enemy combatants".(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)

A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:11:31 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - A group of detained men kneel during an early morning Islamic prayer at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay. Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at the facility have been released to the Pacific nation of Palau, the latest step in US President Barack Obama's struggle to close the controversial prison.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)

This photo, taken in June, shows a guard handing over a cart ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:19 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - This photo, taken in June, shows a guard handing over a cart stacked with meals to a Chinese Uighur detainee of the Camp Iguana detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)

This photo reviewed by the US military and taken in June 2009 ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:19 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - This photo reviewed by the US military and taken in June 2009 shows Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees trying to talk to visiting members of the media at the Camp Iguana detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Six Chinese Muslim Uighurs who had been held at Guantanamo Bay arrived in the Pacific island nation of Palau Sunday to be resettled there, lawyers said.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)

Musician Tom Morello performs in Los Angeles, California, in ...

(AFP/Getty Images/File) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:26:33 GMT

(AFP/Getty Images/File) - Musician Tom Morello performs in Los Angeles, California, in September 2009. A group of top US acts including REM and Pearl Jam on Thursday expressed outrage that loud music was being blasted at Guantanamo detainees as part of "terror" interrogations.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Kevin Winter)

This photo reviewed by the US military shows Chinese Uighur ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:22:42 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - This photo reviewed by the US military shows Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees, who are cleared for release, trying to talk to visiting members of the media at the Camp Iguana detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba in June 2009. The US Supreme Court should bar Chinese Muslim Uighurs held at Guantanamo Bay from being freed in the United States, a top senator said Wednesday.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)

File - In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a razor-wired ...

(AP) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:08:10 GMT

(AP) - File - In this image reviewed by the U.S. Military, a razor-wired fence is shown above the Camp Delta 2 and 3 base sign, in this June 25, 2005 file photo taken at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. Aiming to break through congressional opposition to White House plans to shutter the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a group of retired generals and war veterans have launched the 'Close Gitmo Now' campaign, that includes a relatively modest $100,000 ad buy on cable channels Wednesday Oct. 21, 2009, its message exhorting Congress to reject the 'failed Bush-Cheney policies.' to rally support for closing the prison. (AP Photo/Haraz Ghanbari, File)

In this photo, reviewed by the US military, a guard and a Chinese ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:41 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - In this photo, reviewed by the US military, a guard and a Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainee communicate at Camp Iguana detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba in June 2009. The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)

A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC. The Supreme ...

(AFP/File) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:00:41 GMT

(AFP/File) - A view of the US Supreme Court in Washington DC. The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)

FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:42:26 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this June 1, 2009 file photo reviewed by the U.S. military, Chinese Uighur Guantanamo detainees show a home-made note to visiting members of the media, at Camp Iguana detention facility, at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba. The Supreme Court said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool, FILE)

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo shows demonstrators ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:40:52 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2009 file photo shows demonstrators protest in front of the White House in Washington, calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay facility. The Supreme Court said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds, FILE)

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2008 file photo, Sabin Willett, attorney ...

(AP) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:39:36 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2008 file photo, Sabin Willett, attorney for the ethnic Chinese Uighurs detained in Guantanamo, speaks to reporters outside federal court in Washington. The Supreme Court said Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, it will hear a new case about the rights of Guantanamo detainees, this time involving prisoners who remain in custody even after the Pentagon determines they're not a threat to the United States. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, FILE)

A Uighur detainee talks to a prison guard at the Camp Iguana ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:42:10 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A Uighur detainee talks to a prison guard at the Camp Iguana detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail.(AFP/POOL/File/Brennan Linsley)

A US soldier hands over a cart stacked with meals to a Chinese ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:42:10 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - A US soldier hands over a cart stacked with meals to a Chinese Uighur detainee at Guantanamo Bay. The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a plea from Uighur inmates in Guantanamo Bay prison to be freed in the United States, a decision which could complicate plans to close the jail.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)

File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:05:23 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - File picture shows Camp Justice at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Britain will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of a former Guantanamo Bay inmate, it said.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)

Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed speaks publicly ...

(AFP/File) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:05:23 GMT

(AFP/File) - Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Binyam Mohamed speaks publicly at a fundraising dinner in Kensington, West London in August. Britain will appeal against a court ruling ordering it to publish secret US intelligence documents related to the alleged torture of Mohamed, an Ethiopian-born British resident(AFP/File/Leon Neal)

A US Army guard opens the gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:27:03 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army guard opens the gate at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. A federal court upheld Friday the US government's decision to censor statements made by Guantanamo Bay detainees about their treatment at Central Intelligence Agency-run prisons.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

FILE - In this March 15, 2002 file photo, an inmate of Camp ...

(AP) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:33:23 GMT

(AP) - FILE - In this March 15, 2002 file photo, an inmate of Camp X-Ray is escorted by two guards while other inmates are seen in their cells in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Navy Base, Cuba, in this March 15, 2002 file photo. A reader-submitted question about the current U.S. policy regarding the reading of Miranda rights to captured terrorist suspects? Is being answered as part of an Associated Press Q&A column called 'Ask AP.' (AP Photo/Tomas van Houtryve, File)

Camp Delta area at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. The ...

(AFP/File) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 19:50:59 GMT

(AFP/File) - Camp Delta area at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba. The US House of Representatives voted Thursday to allow Guantanamo Bay detainees to be brought to US soil for trial, boosting President Barack Obama's efforts to close the notorious facility.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)

Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:30:19 GMT

(Reuters) - Detainees participate in an early morning prayer session at Camp IV at the detention facility in Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base August 5, 2009. REUTERS/Deborah Gembara

This photo, reviewed by the US military, shows a US soldier ...

(AFP/Pool/File) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:35:23 GMT

(AFP/Pool/File) - This photo, reviewed by the US military, shows a US soldier at Camp Justice, Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Wednesday defended a Republican measure to prevent bringing five September 11 suspects from their Guantanamo prison to the United States for trial in civilian courts.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)

Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Guantanamo Naval ...

(AFP/File) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:36:46 GMT

(AFP/File) - Leg irons and hand cuffs hang on a board at Guantanamo Naval Base in 2004. A Kuwaiti man held at Guantanamo Bay despite being cleared of any charges on Tuesday appealed to be released within 15 days, accusing Defense Secretary Robert Gates of contempt of court.(AFP/File/Mark Wilson)

A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at ...

(AFP/POOL/File) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:43:52 GMT

(AFP/POOL/File) - A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 2004. The US Justice Department confirmed Friday it had transferred two former detainees from Guantanamo Bay to Kuwait and Belgium after they were cleared for release from the controversial facility.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)

In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:25:26 GMT

(Reuters) - In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a sign marks a closed-off area, at Camp Justice, the location of the U.S. Military Commissions court for war crimes, at the U.S. Naval Base, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 19, 2009. REUTERS/Brennan Linsley/Pool