- The US military has revealed it is holding juveniles
at its high-security prison for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, known
as Camp Xray.
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- The commander of the joint task force at Guantanamo,
Major General Geoffrey Miller, says more than one child under the age of
16 is at the detention centre.
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- However, Maj Gen Miller has revealed little more about
their welfare.
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- Maj Gen Miller says the US is holding "juvenile
enemy combatants" at the centre, confirming rumours of children being
held.
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- He has refused to reveal how many there are, their exact
ages or their countries of origin.
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- He says they are being well cared for and are kept in
facilities separate to adult prisoners.
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- The children are still being interrogated and will continue
to be held at Guantanamo.
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- About 660 prisoners are in the camp.
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- They have not been tried or convicted of any offence
but are being held as part of what the US calls its war on terror.
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