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Coast Guard unit returns after 9-month deployment

The Port Security Unit 307 deployed in April 2016 and was tasked with providing security and assisting with transfers of detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

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Former GITMO guard claims detainee suicides were really murders (VIDEO)

Former Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman claims the detainees' deaths weren't suicides, but they were killed by CIA agents and their deaths part of a cover-up.

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Obama administration seeks to trade Taliban prisoners for US soldier held captive since 2009 (VIDEO)

The Obama administration wants to resume negotiations with Taliban in an effort to free Bowe Bergdahl, the only known U.S. soldier to be in held captive by Taliban forces, in exchange for five Taliban prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay.

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Metal band invoices U.S. military after discovering their music was used to torture prisoners (VIDEO)

Metal band Skinny Puppy invoiced the U.S. government after discovering their music was used to torture prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, the Independent reports. “We heard through a reliable grapevine that our music was being used in Guantanamo Bay prison camps to musically stun or torture people,” says founder cEvin Key. “We heard that our […]

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Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) force-fed in Guantánamo Bay Protest (VIDEO)

With Ramadan to begin at sunset, Yasiin Bey, the emcee formerly known as Mos Def, has released a video protesting the continued forced feeding of some 40 hunger striking prisoners currently being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba. The video opens with a statement that of the 120 hunger striking detainees at […]

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