AS US forces move al-Qaida prisoners to America's base in Cuba, the U.S. Naval Station's History of Guantanamo Bay offers an extensive look at how the Americans gained a foothold in the island nation. There is a history section on the site (http://www.nsgtmo.navy.mil/) that explains how Columbus discovered the bay in 1494 and a behind the scenes look at the Bay today. This is one of the great differences between the US and the UK when it comes to the web, it is very difficult to find similar details of British bases on the internet.
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