On Dec. 27, 2001 - " The Pentagon plans to move its al Qaeda and Taliban detainees to the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The United States now holds 37 detainees at its base near the Kandahar airport. Another eight, including an American and an Australian, are aboard the USS Peleliu in the northern Arabian Sea. "

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