Inside Guantanamo Bay – the story in photos

GUANTANAMO Bay is a US prison squatting on a low bluff looking out over the Atlantic Ocean in Cuba. The cell blocks that might hold actual Al Qaeda terrorists are made from 40ft steel shipping containers – five cells to a container, eight containers to a cell block. One side of each container is replaced by wire. Each cell is about 7ft by 8ft. The beds are metal bunks. The toilet is in the squatting style. At night, the place is drenched in a white light. Inmates are subject to “enhanced interrogation techniques” or “aggressive questioning”. Around the camp, life goes on. There’s a school and recreation rooms for the site’s workers, support staff and their children. It’s not America. Gitmo is another world:

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In this photo reviewed by the U.S. military, relatives of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks arrive at the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009. They will observe the upcoming hearings scheduled to begin Jan. 19 for five men accused of orchestrating the Sept. 11 attacks. From bottom to top, they are Lorraine Arias Believeau, who lost her brother Adam Arias, Jim Riches, who lost his son Jimmy Riches, a fire fighter, Joe Holland, who lost his son Joseph Holland, and Andrew Aria, who lost his brother Adam Aria. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, Pool)