Email from Gregory Sucha to Lincoln Bloomfield and Gordon Gray re: Update on Guantanamo Detainee Operations

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This email contains a forwarded email from Linda Watt, Foreign Policy Advisor, SOUTHCOM, about the construction of the detainee facilities at Guantanamo. It states how many detainees will be housed there and the expectation of the resumption of flights from Afghanistan to Guantanamo. It also mentions that delegations from Belgian and Bahraini are "on track" to visit Guantanamo in April. Finally, there is a mention of two (2) detainees staging a hunger strike and them being fed by medical assistance.

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Friday, April 5, 2002
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https://www.thetorturedatabase.org/node/5857
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Monday, November 22, 2004
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UNCLASSIFIED 4
CWG_PM-Director
crom: Suchan, Gregory M RELEASED IN FULL
r;it: Friday, April 05, 2002 3:32 PM
J: Bloomfield, Lincoln P Jr; Gray, Gordon(Main State)
Cc: CoalitionWG_PM; Duvall, Christopher
Subject: FW: Update on guantanamo detainee ops

FYI. Gordon: note dates for the Bahraini visit.
—Original Message—
From::Watt. Linda, MS (H) (SMTP:VVattLahq.southcom.smil.m11]
Sent::Friday. April 05. 2002 3:33 PM
To::1TFO@state.sgov.gov; blaschkeb(gstate.sgov.gov ; suchangm@state.sgov.gov: catragherjj@state.sgov.gov

Subject::Update on guantanamo detainee ops

camp one, the long-term detention facility at radio range, which will hold 408 detainees, will be completed on april 14. detainees will be moved there from camp x ray over the following week. a notice to proceed with the construction of camp two, providing an additional 204 units, was issued to the contractor on april 3. Estimated completion date is may 20. other construction is underway for facilities at camp alpha, also at rdio range, to house soldiers supporting detention operations.
we expect to restart detainee flights from afghanistan on april 22. as of now, three flights are planned to bring the detainee population from its current 299 to gtmo's new ceiling.
the belgian and bahraini delegations are on track for april 15-19 and 22-26
•spectively, though we have put a moratorium on other vip visits during the cation period in mid-april.
the two hunger-striking detainees are on day 5 of 7 of medically-assisted feeding.
i'll be in the department on wednesday and thursday to talk about gtmo air defense with wha/cca.
Linda E. Watt Foreign Policy Advisor
U. S. Southern Command
(305) 437-1012
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM E LANDFAIR DATE/CASE ID: 06 OCT 2004 200303827

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