8 Years Ago The First Detainees Arrived At Guantanamo



Eight Years in Guantanamo -- Counter Terrorism Blog

On January 11, 2002, the first prisoners from the war on terror in Afghanistan arrived at the United States Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay on an Air Force cargo plane, wearing orange jump suits, face masks, shackles and manacles. On that first day, about 23 suspected enemy combatants were locked into the wire cages of the now-abandoned “Camp X-Ray.”

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