Chronicle on Cuba - February 2008

Terrorism

February 7: For the first time, the top commander of detention operations at Guantanamo has confirmed the existence of the mysterious Camp 7. In an interview with the press, Rear Admiral Mark Buzby also provided a few details about the maximum-security lockup. Guantanamo commanders said Camp 7 is for key alleged al-Qaida members, who must be kept apart from other prisoners to prevent them from retaliating against long-term detainees who have talked to interrogators. They also want the location kept secret for fear of terrorist attack. (AP, 7/2/08)

February 20: A logistics support network of the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia was dismantled in an international operation that led to the capture of 39 people, including a Cuban doctor resident in Colombia. The doctor, identified as Emilio Muñoz Franco, supplied the guerrillas with “medicine, glasses, and medicinal formulae,” said Pilar Hurtado, head of the Colombian Administrative Department for Security (DAS), at a press conference. (El Nuevo Herald, 20/2/08)