Ten years ago, and just months after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, the first detainees were flown into Guantanamo.
Images of shackled prisoners in orange jumpsuits captured in the War on Terror led to human rights groups questioning the interrogation techniques being used there.
Some analysts that support Guantanamo refer to those held there as “hybrid warriors” and say detention of the enemy during wartime is part of a broader effort to win the conflict.
Heritage Foundation senior legal fellow Cully Stimson:
“You detain people not to punish them," said Stimson. "You detain people lawfully under the law of armed conflict to prevent them from taking up arms against you. You don’t want to rearm the enemy while you are trying to defeat the enemy.”
Still, former detainees say their time spent in Guantanamo represents a dark page in the modern history of humanity.
Moazzam Begg spent two years in Guantanamo. “And this is an anniversary of tragedy, of pain, of torment, of families ripped apart," said Begg.
President Barack Obama promised to close the Guantanamo detention center, but Congress has blocked efforts to move the prisoners.
The political situation has been difficult, according to Congressman Jim Moran.
“And the political reality is that, unless the American people become better educated about this and far more forceful in terms of caring about it within the context of the democratic process, it’s not going to change," said Moran.
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