Guantanamo Bay - hmm..

[Jesus Christ]

is there any possible way that Castro and the gang could get rid of Guantanamo Bay
i know there is some kind of pact that "cant" be broken
but there has to be a way to evict the scum of the governmental universe out
its gotta end over there

[Pete]

There is a "mutual" agreement on the "lease" of the land from the Cuban government to the American government indefinitly until both sides "legally" agree to terminate it.

[Jesus Christ]

thanks buckaroo bonzai

[jjack]

wow that's dumb.

[Hampton]

Anybody see this (http://adserver.news.com.au/html.ng/site=news&adsize=230x33&pagepos=1) article about Camp Delta having a death row?

This one too:http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?p...28-5-2003_pg4_2 (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_28-5-2003_pg4_2)

and this one:http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/st...255E401,00.html (http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6494000%255E401,00.html)



(Edited by Hampton at 8:25 pm on May 28, 2003)

[Zombie]

Why did the "mutual" agreement occur?

[Hampton]

The first American casualties of the Spanish-Cuban-American war were two marines killed at Guantánamo on June 11, 1898. A U.S. Marine battalion camped there the day before, marking the first U.S. presence on the bay.

Just about five years later, on February 23, 1903, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt signed an agreement with Cuba leasing the bay for 2,000 gold coins per year. The agreement was forced on the puppet Cuban government (with an American-citizen for President) through the Platt Amendment, which gave U.S. authorities the right to interfere in Cuban affairs.

http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/funfa...cts/guantan.htm (http://www.historyofcuba.com/history/funfacts/guantan.htm)