I was a Guantanamo detainee – this is what I think of Trump's plan to keep it open
7 years, 1 month ago

I was a Guantanamo detainee – this is what I think of Trump's plan to keep it open

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Earlier this month, the US government declared that it would be cutting all security-related funding to Pakistan because it had not done enough to “fight terrorism”. During his election campaign, Trump said he’d “load up” Guantanamo with more prisoners and would reintroduce the medieval torture technique of waterboarding and “a whole lot more”. Trump said that one of the consequences of releasing prisoners from Guantanamo was the emergence of dangerous “recidivists” like Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. It was Obama’s failure to follow through on his promise to shut Guantanamo and to prosecute those involved in gross human rights violations that allowed Trump to flagrantly endorse war crimes.

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Private Prison Execs Envision Trump Windfall For Immigration Detention
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Private Prison Execs Envision Trump Windfall For Immigration Detention

Huff Post  

Three months after reacting with giddiness that Donald Trump’s “mass deportation” campaign promise would make them boatloads of money, private prison executives are as optimistic as ever ― and they’re licking their lips at a potentially massive immigration enforcement budget from the Republican-controlled Congress. But driven by the Laken Riley Act, which mandates the jailing of undocumented people even if …

Pete Hegseth's daunting illegal migrant Guantánamo Bay warning
1 month ago

Pete Hegseth's daunting illegal migrant Guantánamo Bay warning

Daily Mail  

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a staunch warning to illegal immigrants even as he defended their treatment at the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention facility. 'It's an incredibly professional operation,' said Hegseth, who served as a US Army lieutenant at Guantanamo Bay from 2004 to 2005. And as Hegseth toured the facility for the first time as the Secretary of Defense, …

Why Trump is detaining migrants out of sight and out of mind in Guantánamo Bay
1 month, 1 week ago

Why Trump is detaining migrants out of sight and out of mind in Guantánamo Bay

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump has made no secret of his disdain for immigrants, particularly the non-white variety from south of our border. Trump’s spokesperson Karoline Leavitt referred to those migrants as “the worst criminal illegal aliens” and “the worst of the worst.” The flight apparently included members of a gang from Venezuela. The Trump administration isn’t planning to give the public …

"Intentional cruelty": Trump administration accused of "disappearing" immigrants at Guantánamo
1 month, 1 week ago

"Intentional cruelty": Trump administration accused of "disappearing" immigrants at Guantánamo

Salon  

The Trump administration has whisked away at least a hundred Venezuelan immigrants to the notorious Guantanamo Bay Naval Base detention camp, where they are in the custody of military guards and completely isolated from the outside world — a blatant violation of their civil rights, according to lawyers and advocates who spoke to Salon. Now, Guantánamo is also housing Venezuelan …

Opinion: Sending immigrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Sending immigrants to Gitmo will be a fiasco for Trump and everyone else

LA Times  

As of Jan. 6, Guantanamo Bay held 15 detainees, housed by the Defense Department. Last week, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, where the Trump administration has started sending people it describes as criminal migrants. To be clear, sending migrants to Guantanamo is not the same as deporting them; it does …

The US held migrants at Guantanamo before. Is Trump’s approach different?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The US held migrants at Guantanamo before. Is Trump’s approach different?

Al Jazeera  

The US has held migrants at Guantanamo before, with fewer than 100 in recent years. The US has indeed previously used a Guantanamo Bay camp to detain certain migrants, but Trump’s use is different, immigration experts have said. Based on available information, there are key differences between the naval centre’s previous immigration operations and the Trump administration’s approach: Historically, the …

Trump news: The president wants to write a new chapter in Guantánamo’s shameful history.
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump news: The president wants to write a new chapter in Guantánamo’s shameful history.

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In a shabbily drafted and characteristically vague memorandum, titled “Expanding Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay to Full Capacity,” Trump fantastically proclaims he will “halt the border invasion, dismantle criminal cartels, and restore national sovereignty.” Defense Secretary …

Inside Guantanamo Bay's detention facilities temporarily housing 10 'high-threat illegal aliens'
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Inside Guantanamo Bay's detention facilities temporarily housing 10 'high-threat illegal aliens'

Daily Mail  

The Pentagon announced that 10 'high-threat' individuals have arrived at Guantanamo Bay as part of Donald Trump's effort to deport criminal illegal aliens. The United States Navy announced that its combat ship USS St. Louis was moored at the Guantanamo Bay naval station and that the crew was supporting the expansion. The White House announced Tuesday that President Trump had …

'Barbaric act': Cuban president among many condemning use of Guantánamo to hold immigrants
1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Barbaric act': Cuban president among many condemning use of Guantánamo to hold immigrants

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump’s administration was sending undocumented immigrants apprehended at the Southern border to the U.S. “We have 30,000 beds in Guantánamo to detain the worst criminal aliens threatening the American people,” Trump said last week. “Sending immigrants to Guantánamo is a profoundly cruel, costly move,” Amnesty International’s Director of Refugee and Migrant Rights, Amy Fischer, posted on X. Shut …

Trump’s Gitmo Detention Center Would Be Bigger Than History’s Worst Concentration Camps
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Trump’s Gitmo Detention Center Would Be Bigger Than History’s Worst Concentration Camps

Slate  

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In a press conference on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will build a 30,000-bed detention center in Guantanamo Bay. If the Trump administration actually builds the detention camp in Guantanamo, it’ll double in size Auschwitz-Birkenau’s original …

Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?
2 months ago

Guantanamo deportations: What’s Trump’s plan? Why is it controversial?

Al Jazeera  

The US president wants to send unauthorised immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, a prison notorious for the abuse of inmates. United States President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order that seeks to repurpose Guantanamo Bay, a US prison in Cuba, into a detention centre for unauthorised immigrants. This order directs the US secretaries of defence and homeland security to …

Will Trump's Guantanamo Bay move to hold migrants backfire?
2 months ago

Will Trump's Guantanamo Bay move to hold migrants backfire?

Firstpost  

Here’s a look at how the idea of sending struggling migrants to one of the strictest prisons in the world can end up going against Trump. On Wednesday afternoon, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order asking the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security to construct a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. How Trump’s crackdown is souring …

Donald Trump plans to use Guantanamo military prison as migrant detention facility
2 months ago

Donald Trump plans to use Guantanamo military prison as migrant detention facility

Hindustan Times  

President Donald Trump said he was signing an executive order asking the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security to examine creating a facility at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay that could house as many as 30,000 undocumented migrants. “Some of them are so bad, we don’t even trust the countries to hold them, because we don’t want them coming …

Trump Orders Construction Of Migrant Detention Facility In Guantanamo Bay: 'Tough Place To Get Out'
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2 months ago

Trump Orders Construction Of Migrant Detention Facility In Guantanamo Bay: 'Tough Place To Get Out'

ABP News  

US President Donald Trump has ordered the construction of a migrant detention facility in Guantanamo Bay to house "worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people". He said the facility at the US Navy base in Cuba which would be separate from its high-security military prison would hold as many as 30,000 people, reported BBC. On Wednesday, Trump's "border tsar" …

Inside Guantanamo Bay, where inmates were ‘tortured’ and Trump wants to send illegal migrants
2 months ago

Inside Guantanamo Bay, where inmates were ‘tortured’ and Trump wants to send illegal migrants

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order instructing his officials to prepare a facility to house 30,000 immigrants at Guantanamo Bay. Image Courtesy: @WhiteHouse/X Later, an executive order on the same was released, which read: “I hereby direct the Secretary of Defence and the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all appropriate actions to expand the Migrant Operations …

Trump orders preparation of migrant detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba reacts
2 months ago

Trump orders preparation of migrant detention centre at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba reacts

Firstpost  

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon signed an order that called for the opening of a detention centre at Guantánamo Bay to house undocumented migrants. The order came shortly after he signed the Laken Riley Act In his latest crackdown on illegal immigrants, US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order which called for the preparation of a …

Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act, says he’ll send ’worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
Top News
2 months ago

Donald Trump signs Laken Riley Act, says he’ll send ’worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo

The Hindu  

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Some of them are so bad that we don’t even trust the countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back, so we’re gonna send ’em out to …

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for 'worst criminal aliens'
2 months ago

Trump to open detention centre in Guantanamo Bay for 'worst criminal aliens'

India Today  

President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the US illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Guantanamo Bay’s abusive history speaks for itself and in no uncertain terms will put people’s physical and mental health in jeopardy,” Stacy Suh, program director of Detention Watch Network, said …

Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay prison
2 months ago

Trump unveils plan to detain 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo Bay prison

New Indian Express  

'Act of brutality' The Guantanamo Bay facility currently holds 15 detainees from the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and other operations triggered by the September 11, 2001, attacks. “Some of them are so bad that we don’t even trust the countries to hold them because we don’t want them coming back, so we’re gonna send ’em out to Guantanamo,” Trump said. …

Guantanamo to hold ‘illegal aliens’: The Constitution v The President, 2.0
2 months ago

Guantanamo to hold ‘illegal aliens’: The Constitution v The President, 2.0

Al Jazeera  

These days there is a sense that Washington, DC, along with most of the Western world, has transported back to the 1930s, when fascism was openly on the march. One consequence of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was the independence of Cuba from its European colonial masters, but it came at a price: in 1901, the US wrote an amendment …

What is Guantánamo Bay? A closer look at the base Donald Trump wants to use for 'criminal aliens'
2 months ago

What is Guantánamo Bay? A closer look at the base Donald Trump wants to use for 'criminal aliens'

India Today  

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantánamo,” Trump said at the signing of the Laken Riley Act. Here’s …

Donald Trump will detain ‘criminal illegal aliens’ migrants at Guantanamo Bay prison
Top News
2 months ago

Donald Trump will detain ‘criminal illegal aliens’ migrants at Guantanamo Bay prison

Hindustan Times  

US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he planned to detain "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantanamo Bay military prison, used for holding terrorism suspects since the 9/11 attacks. He said he was signing an executive order instructing the Pentagon and the Homeland Security department to "begin preparing the 30,000-person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay," Trump said at the White …

What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’
2 months ago

What to know about Guantánamo Bay, the base where Trump will send ‘criminal aliens’

Associated Press  

President Donald Trump, who made the deportation of immigrants a central part of his campaign and presidency, said Wednesday that the U.S. will use a detention center at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to hold tens of thousands of the “worst criminal aliens.” “We’re going to send them out to Guantánamo,” Trump said at the signing of the Laken Riley Act. Share …

Trump says he'll send migrants to Guantanamo Bay hours after idea floated on Fox & Friends
2 months ago

Trump says he'll send migrants to Guantanamo Bay hours after idea floated on Fox & Friends

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This will double our capacity immediately.” open image in gallery US President Donald Trump …

Trump says he'll send 30,000 illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay
2 months ago

Trump says he'll send 30,000 illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump has unveiled plans to house 30,000 illegal migrants at Guantanamo Bay. 'Today, I’m also signing an Executive Order to instruct the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to begin preparing the 30,000 person migrant facility at Guantanamo Bay to detain the worst criminal illegal aliens threatening the American people,' Trump said. President Donald Trump has annoucned plans …

While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo
2 months ago

While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo

Associated Press  

▶ Follow live updates on President Donald Trump’s return to Washington WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally who have been accused of crimes. “Guantanamo Bay’s abusive history speaks for itself and in no uncertain terms will put people’s physical and …

"Tough place to get out of": Trump announces plans to hold detained immigrants at Guantanamo Bay
2 months ago

"Tough place to get out of": Trump announces plans to hold detained immigrants at Guantanamo Bay

Salon  

Donald Trump stepped up his assault on migrants on Wednesday evening, announcing plans to hold detained immigrants at the notorious military prison at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Expecting a glut of immigrants in detention, Trump signed a memo ordering the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense to prepare the prison to hold 30,000 additional detainees. Cuban President …

US President Trump to transfer undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo
2 months ago

US President Trump to transfer undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo

Al Jazeera  

The Guantanamo Bay detention centre has garnered a reputation for human rights abuses during the US ‘war on terror’. President Donald Trump has announced plans to transform the United States detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into a holding centre for undocumented immigrants. Trump had campaigned for a second term on the promise of leading a “mass deportation” campaign, targeting …

If Musk’s DOGE wants to save money, closing Guantanamo has to be the first call
2 months ago

If Musk’s DOGE wants to save money, closing Guantanamo has to be the first call

The Independent  

The soon-to-be-created Department of Government Efficiency – to be run by Elon Musk – and the new DOGE caucus in Congress have declared their commitment “to help rein in reckless spending and stop the abuse of taxpayer dollars.” How about a Defence Department programme that has cost $13bn with no end in sight and that costs 200 times as much …

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria
1 year, 11 months ago

US transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The U.S. has transferred a Guantanamo detainee back to his home country of Algeria, saying his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday. Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush was captured in Pakistan in 2002 during an aggressive campaign by the U.S. to apprehend persons suspected of supporting terrorism following the 9/11 attacks. …

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia
3 years ago

‘20th Hijacker’ of 9/11 transferred from Guantanamo to psychiatric facility in Saudi Arabia

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Guantanamo Bay detainee …

EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: Why half of Guantanamo’s prisoners could get out

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration has been quietly laying the groundwork to release prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention center and at least move closer to being able to shut it down. Decisions about several of these prisoners, including some denied under previous reviews, have come in recent weeks as the administration faced criticism from human rights groups for not …

Why is Guantanamo Bay prison still open 20 years after 9/11?
3 years, 6 months ago

Why is Guantanamo Bay prison still open 20 years after 9/11?

Al Jazeera  

The fate of 39 detainees who are still being held rests with US President Joe Biden, who has pledged to close the prison. In the nearly 20 years since, the notorious military prison at Guantanamo has become a symbol of US human rights abuses. “The fact that the prison remains open 20 years later is because of US partisan politics …

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11
3 years, 6 months ago

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11

Associated Press  

NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba — President Joe Biden turned the page on one legacy of 9/11 by ending the war in Afghanistan. “The fact that Biden, at least, is saying the right things has given people hope,” said Clive Stafford Smith, a lawyer who was recently making his 40th trip to Guantanamo Bay, seeing prisoners he hadn’t been able …

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11
3 years, 6 months ago

Guantanamo prison lingers, an unresolved legacy of 9/11

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The fact that Biden, at least, is saying the …

I just returned from a visit to Guantanamo Bay — and I’m still processing how strange it was
3 years, 7 months ago

I just returned from a visit to Guantanamo Bay — and I’m still processing how strange it was

The Independent  

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Guantanamo Bay: Inside the world’s most notorious detention centre as the war on terror fades away
3 years, 8 months ago

Guantanamo Bay: Inside the world’s most notorious detention centre as the war on terror fades away

The Independent  

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White House weighs shutdown of Guantanamo prison
4 years, 1 month ago

White House weighs shutdown of Guantanamo prison

Al Jazeera  

The offshore jail symbolises the excesses of the US ‘war on terror’ because of harsh interrogation methods and torture. The Biden administration has launched a formal review of the future of the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, reviving the Obama-era goal of closing the notorious facility, a White House official said on Friday. Aides involved in internal …

What good is America’s constitution if Guantanamo Bay still exists?
6 years, 4 months ago

What good is America’s constitution if Guantanamo Bay still exists?

The Independent  

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Donald Trump's Guantanamo
7 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump's Guantanamo

ABC  

When Donald Trump announced to the world he was keeping the Guantanamo Bay detention centre open, some of the inmates watched it live on the television sets in their cell blocks. "The detainees as a whole are happy to see things in the news about Guantanamo," Colonel Stephen E Gabvacis, commander of the Joint Detention Group, says. "They don't care …

It's Trump's war on terror now, and the endless war will march on
7 years, 1 month ago

It's Trump's war on terror now, and the endless war will march on

Salon  

From the floor of the House on Tuesday night during his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump boasted of his accomplishments in the war on terror that he inherited. Under Trump, the controversial drone program "has resulted in more loss of life from drone strikes than all eight years of Obama’s presidency," according to Reprieve, an international human …

Trump order to keep Guantanamo open ‘sheer stupidity’
7 years, 1 month ago

Trump order to keep Guantanamo open ‘sheer stupidity’

Al Jazeera  

Donald Trump’s decision to keep Guantanamo Bay prison open means dozens of detainees will stay behind bars, lawyer says. “Donald Trump’s a moron if he thinks Guantanamo should remain open because it keeps us more safe or improves our standing in the world,” said Wells Dixon, a staff lawyer at the Center for Constitutional Justice, a US-based legal advocacy group. …

The Prison at Guantanamo Bay Was Going to Stay Open Whether Trump Demanded It or Not
7 years, 2 months ago

The Prison at Guantanamo Bay Was Going to Stay Open Whether Trump Demanded It or Not

Slate  

In his State of the Union address, President Trump announced that he had “just signed an order directing Secretary Mattis to re-examine our military detention policy and to keep open the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay.” This could mean a lot, or absolutely nothing. The executive order signed on Tuesday rescinds Obama’s order closing the base and states that the …

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open
7 years, 2 months ago

Trump signs order to keep Guantanamo military prison open

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a new executive order to keep open the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, marking a formal reversal of his predecessor’s eight-year effort to shut it down. They are unlawful enemy combatants.” “In the past, we have foolishly released hundreds and hundreds of dangerous terrorists only to meet them again on the …

Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump
7 years, 3 months ago

Men due to leave Gitmo under Obama seem stuck under Trump

Associated Press  

GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba — Abdellatif Nasser got what he thought was the best news possible in the summer of 2016: One of his lawyers called him at the Guantanamo Bay detention center and told him that the U.S. decided he no longer posed a threat and could go home to Morocco. Obama sought to close the detention center …

Judge pushes U.S. to explain why it’s holding an American citizen in secret in Iraq
7 years, 4 months ago

Judge pushes U.S. to explain why it’s holding an American citizen in secret in Iraq

LA Times  

A member of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces walks inside a prison in Raqqa, Syria. In a case that defense lawyers warned could create a “constitutional black hole,” a federal judge expressed exasperation Thursday at the U.S. government’s secret detention of an American citizen in Iraq for more than two months. “This is the nightmare scenario, where the government has …

Guantanamo Bay: Trump administration officials signal intent to refill Cuban prison with 'bad dudes'
7 years, 8 months ago

Guantanamo Bay: Trump administration officials signal intent to refill Cuban prison with 'bad dudes'

The Independent  

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Rights advocates warn of backlash if Trump pursues torture
8 years, 2 months ago

Rights advocates warn of backlash if Trump pursues torture

Associated Press  

LONDON — It took more than a year’s worth of beatings, sleep deprivation, psychological abuse and threats to his family before former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg said he cracked and confessed to being a member of the al-Qaida terror network. President Donald Trump is asking for recommendations on whether torture works, if secret CIA black sites should be used …

Obama: History Will Judge Us For Not Closing Guantanamo
8 years, 2 months ago

Obama: History Will Judge Us For Not Closing Guantanamo

Huff Post  

For 15 years, the United States has detained hundreds of people at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, a facility that never should have been opened in the first place. Rather than keeping us safer, the detention facility at Guantanamo undermines American national security. Under this rigorous process, we have transferred 196 detainees from Guantanamo with arrangements designed to keep …

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