Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

The new facilities being built to hold illegal combat detainees

The now-overgrown former camp for holding illegal combat detainees from Afghanistan in 2001 known as Camp X-Ray

Sunset looking towards the opposite side of the bay with new prisoner facilities in background

Sunset over the new prisoner facilities at Gitmo

The remnants of Hatian refugee boats have been collected outside the Gitmo light house.

One of the boats that brought desperate Hatian refugees to Guantanamo Bay in search of a new home.

The view across the bay of Guantanamo

With Commander Charlie Swift the J.A.G. (Judge Advocate General) who was defending Salim Hamdan, Bin Laden's driver in the Military Commission I attended as an expert witness.

Statue honoring US Marines who guard Guantanamo Bay

One of the more mundane sights at Gitmo, American ethnic cuisine for the troops.

Guantanamo is also known for its iguanas. There is a ten thousand dollar fine for "killing or eating iguanas."

One of Gitmo's famous iguanas with Guantanamo Bay in background.

Iguana closeup

Guantanamo's only 'beach' the rocks of Cable Beach

The military transport takes visitors from the western side of Gitmo (where the airport is located) to the main base on the eastern tip of the bay)

With Commander Charlie Swift after the Hamdan hearing standing in front of the building used for the Military Commissions to try illegal combat detainees.