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Unused Camp X-Ray in Guantanamo

GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba - The first facility in the U.S. detention camp complex is left vacant and overgrown with vegetation at the U.S. naval base in Cuba's Guantanamo Bay on Sept. 2, 2009. Some well-known photos of blindfolded detainees in orange uniforms were taken at the facility, called Camp X-Ray, which was used for only four months until April 2002. The detainees were held in outdoor cage-like structures. A petty officer said, ''People still think of Camp X-Ray when you hear the word Guanatanamo, even though this place has been closed for years and living conditions of detainees have much improved since.'' (Kyodo)