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Bagram prison in Afghanistan may become the new Guantánamo
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7070460.ece
Michael Evans

The American detention centre at Bagram in Afghanistan could be expanded
into a Guantánamo-style prison for terrorist suspects detained around the
world.

This is one of the options being considered as US officials try to find an
alternative to Guantánamo Bay, which President Obama promised to close
within a year of taking office. The continued use of the prison in Cuba has
presented Mr Obama with an embarrassing dilemma because of the difficulty of
finding somewhere acceptable to imprison those considered to be the most
dangerous detainees.

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