Timeline Friday 11 January 2002

Events on Friday 11 January 2002 1

• 2002 Guantanamo Bay detention camp opens First terrorism suspects flown to Cuba On 11 January 2002 the United States flew its first 20 detainees from the war in Afghanistan to Camp X-Ray at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. The offshore site was chosen to keep captives beyond the reach of US courts, and it became a lasting symbol of the war on terror. Hundreds more men were held there in the following years, many without charge.