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US releases names of Guantanamo detainees

Guantanamo Bay - Inmates' identities released
Guantanamo Bay - Inmates' identities released

The names and nationalities of hundreds of the inmates detained at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been released by the US Defence Department for the first time. 

The names of the detainees at the camp, thought to number about 500, do not appear as a simple list.

They are buried within 6,000 pages of transcripts of proceedings held in the detention camp to determine the status of each detainee that are posted on the Pentagon's website.

The files have been released as a result of a Freedom of Information request.