In this image reviewed by the US Military, the sun rises over Camp Delta detention compound which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, June 6, 2008 in Cuba. Although U.S. President Barack Obama pledged in his first executive order last January to close the infamous prison within a year's time, the government has been struggling to try the accused terrorists and to transfer them out ahead of the deadline. Military officials at the prison point to improved living standards and state of the art medical treatment available to detainees, but the facility's international reputation remains tied to the 'enhanced interrogation techniques' such as waterboarding employed under the Bush administration.
Buildings stand empty as part of the former Camp X-Ray at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Undergrowth obscures signs near the former Camp X-Ray at the U.S. military prison for 'enemy combatants' on October 28, 2009 in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In this image reviewed by the US Military, soldiers in a Humvee patrol the perimeter of the Camp Delta detention compound, which has housed foreign prisoners since 2002, at Guantanamo Bay's US Naval Base, in Cuba, June 6, 2008.
A chained gate at the Cuban border post reading 'Republic of Cuba, Free Territory of America,' facing the 'North East Gate,' entrance to the US Naval Base 06 December 2006 in Guantanamo, Cuba.
In this photo reviewed by US military officials, an unidentified detainee prays inside the compound of Camp Delta detention center, at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba, 06 April, 2006.
A detainee holds prayer beads while standing in the courtyard at Camp 4 inside of the maximum security prison Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base August 26, 2004, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
A detainee sits wearing restraints as he reads during a life skills class that includes resume writing inside Camp VI at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 30, 2010.
US military guards move a detainee inside Camp VI at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 30, 2010.
Detainees line up at a chain link fence for library books and magazines inside Camp VI at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, March 30, 2010.
In this photo reviewed by US military officials, guards transport a detainee inside Camp Delta, part of the US Detention Center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 29, 2010
A picture posted on the website www.muslm.net on September 3, 2009 allegedly shows Al-Qaeda's Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged organiser of the September 11, 2001 attacks at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The picture was reportedly taken by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in July 2009 to be sent to his family. Mohammed is currently on trial and faces the death penalty on charges related to the 9/11 attacks.
In this photo, reviewed by a US Department of Defense official, a Guantanamo detainee's feet are shackled to the floor as he attends a 'Life Skills' class inside the Camp 6 high-security detention facility at Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base, Cuba, on April 27, 2009.
One of the typical restrains to secure detainees in classrooms is seen inside Camp VI Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on March 30, 2010.
This photo reviewed by a US Department of Defense official shows handcuffs in the Camp 6 high-security detention facility at Guantanamo Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba, Tuesday April 27, 2009
In this image reviewed by the US military shows a cell block which has been converted into a classroom in the 'Camp Six' detention facility December 10, 2008 at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Opened in December 2006, Camp Six is the newest detention facility.
In this pool photo, reviewed by the U.S. military, a guard stands in a cell block at Camp 5 detention facility at Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, May 31, 2009.
Photo reviewed by US military officials shows a cell in Camp VI in Guantanamo where 70 prisonners are detained on Guantanamo October 23, 2010.
In this image reviewed by the US military shows Deputy Commander of Joint Detention Group, Navy Commander Jeff Hayhurst, showing articles which are issued to detainees when they first arrive (front bench) and articles, including orange jumpsuits, which are issued to non-compliant detainees during a visit to the 'Camp Four' detention facility December 10, 2008 at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Articles first issued to detainees include prayer mats, prayer beads and skull caps.
Photo reviewed by US military officials shows a classroom in Gautanamo Bay Camp VI in Guantanamo where 70 prisonners are detained on Guantanamo October 23, 2010.
Photo reviewed by US military officials shows Litenant Colonel Andrews McManus, deputy commander of the Joint detention group commander inside the hospital for the detainees of the Camp VI in Guantanamo Bay where 70 prisonners are detained on Guantanamo October 23, 2010.
This photo released on 18 December 2002 by the US Army shows the detainee operating room at Camp Delta in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Sam Scott, Assistant Project Manager for Department of Defense (DOD) contractor Pentad Corporation and who over sees the production of a variety of detainee meals, shows the variety of a typical meal (Hallal meat, no meat, fish, all veggie, etc.) for detainees inside Camp Delta at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 24 April 2007.
This image released by Joint Task Force Guantanamo shows an improvised weapon made from a broken fluorescent light bulb used by detainees in Camp 4 against the guard force at Joint Task Force Guantanamo 19 May, 2006. Guantanamo inmates staged a pretend suicide bid to lure US soldiers into a trap and attack them, the US commander of the 'war on terror' detention camp said Friday. Rear Admiral Harry Harris, commander of Joint Task Force Guantanamo, said six prisoners were slightly injured in fighting as US guards put down the unrest on Thursday. Harris said in a telephone press conference from Guantanamo there were two real suicide attempts at the camp on Thursday before the 'ruse' was staged. US guards were carrying out a cell-to-cell search in the camp when 'a detainee was observed preparing to hang himself. A quick reaction force was sent to the compound,' Harris said.
In this photo reviewed by US military officials, a cell for a noncompliant detainee is pictured inside the maximum security prison Camp 5 at the Guantanamo Bay US Naval Base in Cuba.
One of the detainee interrogation rooms, in a plywood building, at the deteriorating Camp X-Ray, long ago abandoned for more modern facilities at the US Naval Station in Guantanamo, Cuba, 25 April 2007.
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