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NewsFebruary 17, 2002

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The makeshift prison at Guatanamo Bay holding suspected terrorists officially hit full capacity Saturday after 12 more men filled out paperwork and filed into their small chain-link and cement cells. The dozen men arrived late Friday, bringing the total number of detainees at the camp to 300. Camp X-Ray actually has 320 temporary, open-air cells of chain-link fence walls set on a cement slab. However, officials plan to keep 20 units empty...

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- The makeshift prison at Guatanamo Bay holding suspected terrorists officially hit full capacity Saturday after 12 more men filled out paperwork and filed into their small chain-link and cement cells.

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The dozen men arrived late Friday, bringing the total number of detainees at the camp to 300. Camp X-Ray actually has 320 temporary, open-air cells of chain-link fence walls set on a cement slab. However, officials plan to keep 20 units empty.

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