https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx?caseNumber=FL-2020-00102
https://apnews.com/article/politics-cuba-prisons-50ca960d4ff4f6dde2b783256f7feefd
WASHINGTON (AP) — A once-secret unit within the Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair has been closed and the prisoners moved to another facility on the American base in Cuba, the U.S. military said Sunday.
The prisoners at Camp 7 were transferred to a facility adjacent to where the other detainees on the base are held as part of what U.S. Southern Command said in a statement was an effort to “increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.”
Miami-based Southern Command, which oversees the detention center at the southeastern edge of Cuba, did not say how many prisoners were moved. Officials have previously said about 14 men were held in Camp 7. There are 40 prisoners at Guantanamo.
Southern Command said the Camp 7 prisoners were moved to Camp 5 “safely and without incident,” but did not say when the transfer occurred. Camp 5, which was largely empty, is next to Camp 6, where the other detainees are held.
Camp 7 opened in December 2006 for prisoners previously held in a network of clandestine CIA detention facilities, often referred to as “black sites,” where they were subjected to brutal interrogation techniques. The military ran it under an agreement with CIA, and Southern Command said intelligence agencies were involved with the transfer.
Strange how Biden just lifted sanctions on the ICC
https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/saudi-arabia-khashoggi-cia-report-mbs-cost-throne
The imminent publication of the CIA report on the murder of Jamal Khashoggi is a milestone in the unfolding of the saga in a heinous crime.
It can be an important step towards justice and punishment of the murderers and the person who issued the orders. However, the release of this 2018 important document presents President Joe Biden with a dilemma.
If the report names Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) as the main person who gave orders to kill Khashoggi, he will be asked to take this announcement to its logical conclusions, namely impose sanctions on the prince, which would seriously undermine any future pragmatic relations with the kingdom. Aging King Salman is not going to be President Biden’s interlocutor for long.
the report is not going to reveal more than what we already know. MBS is implicated in this crime whether he is named or not. Only an independent international criminal investigation under the auspices of the United Nations that would eventually lead to a trial in the International Criminal Court in the Hague can establish real justice, without any consideration to the national interest of the US or any other country.
https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/two-rockets-fired-at-iraqi-airbase-hosting-us-soldiers-1.1197154
Two rockets landed near an Iraqi airbase hosting US soldiers north of Baghdad on Sunday, three days before a new “strategic dialogue” with Washington was due to begin, a security source told AFP.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the strike at Balad Air Base, which caused no casualties or property damage.
The US has blamed Iran-linked Iraqi factions for similar attacks on its troops and diplomats.
Sunday’s was the 14th attack against American interests – including troops, the Baghdad embassy or Iraqi supply convoys to foreign forces – since US President Joe Biden took office in January.