(8 Oct 2003)
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - September 2, 2003
1. Mid view Camp Delta entrance
2. Mid view American flag at camp
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - July 2003
3. Close up of cell doors
4. Close up lock on door
5. Pan of empty cells
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Washington, DC, USA - October 7, 2003
6. Mid views of Amanda Williamson working at computer
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Amanda Williamson, International Red Cross spokesperson:
"Our main concern today, after 18 months of captivity in a seemingly open-ended indefinite situation, that is having, and indeed ICRC is the only independent organization to see the detainees in Guantanamo, is uniquely placed to see that this impasse, this vacuum, this lack of certainty about the fate is definitely having a significant impact on the internees. We have witnessed a rather worrying deterioration in the psychological well being for many of the detainees and this concerns us very much. It is, if you like, the humanitarian consequences of this legal vacuum that currently prevails there."
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - July 2003
8. Interior view of empty cell
9. Mid and close up of sign inside cell showing direction of Mecca
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Washington, DC, USA - October 7, 2003
10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Kristine Huskey, attorney for Kuwaiti detainees:
"It raises a lot of flags, it is frightening to think that they are going to go through the whole process again of interrogating the prisoners there... and it really underscores the lack of planning and emphasizes what a mess they have got. I mean they didn't screen the chaplain, they didn't screen the translator. Everybody knows they didn't screen the prisoners to determine you know whether they are there by mistake or whether they are suspected terrorists."
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11. Still photograph of Ahmad al-Halbi
12. Court sketches of Ahmed Mehalba appearing in court
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba - July 30, 2003
13. Close up Chaplain Yee at desk
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Washington, DC, USA - October 2, 2003
14. Mid view of US Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers listening to reporter's question about Guantanamo Bay
15. Cutaway reporters
16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Donald Rumsfeld, US Secretary of Defence:
"Historically we know that when you are in a war, and you have enemies that they are going to seek have ways to advantage themselves and disadvantage you. It has been so throughout history. So it ought not to be any great surprise that from time to time there will be instances where this occurs."
17. Close up as Rumsfeld walks out of briefing room
STORYLINE:
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the hundreds of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay are suffering growing psychological problems with their continuing incarceration.
ICRC spokeswoman Amanda Williamson said her organisation has witnessed a "worrying" deterioration of the psychological well being of the 660 people being held there by the US military.
With a delegation from the International Red Cross currently completing their seventh inspection of the facilities at the heavily guarded military camp, the only independent group that has access to the detainees said it has appealed to their American captors to institute a legal framework to determine the fate of those being held.
Williamson's comments come as US newspapers report military investigators are re-checking translations made by two American interpreters on whether they inaccurately translated questions and answers, potential cases of sabotage.
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