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Guantanamo closure: US Defense Secretary Gates ordreded for preparation

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New York City : NY : USA | 11 months ago  
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has ordered plans to be drafted for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre, the Pentagon says.

A team was looking at moving inmates from the facility in a way that continued to protect the American people, a spokesman said.

About 250 detainees remain in the controversial camp in Cuba.

US President-elect Barack Obama says closing the camp "in a responsible way" is one of his top priorities.

Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morell said: "Mr Gates has asked his team for a proposal on how to shut it down, what will be required specifically to close it and move the detainees from that facility, and at the same time protect the American people from dangerous terrorists,"

The Guantanamo Bay prison opened shortly after the attacks of 11 September 2001. Hundreds of men suspected of links to terrorism or al-Qaeda were held without trial as "unlawful enemy combatants". Src:bbc news

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