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4 hours agoKosovo may be left without Bondsteel Camp following US sanctions: What was this camp?
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)The Bondsteel Camp [Bundsteel Campp] was the central base of the United States Army of America under KFOR command in Kosovo. Its location is near Ferizaj, in the eastern part of Kosovo. Today, in an exclusive article on Periscope, it was reported that members of the American National Security Council had not ruled out the possibility [...]
The Bondsteel Camp [Bundsteel Campp] was the central base of the United States Army of America under KFOR command in Kosovo. Its location is near Ferizaj, in the eastern part of Kosovo.
Today in one exclusive article For Periscope, it was reported that members of the American National Security Council had not ruled out the possibility of closing this camp if Kosovo continued to disobey them.
But what is the history of this camp?
First, the name Bondstheel comes from James Leroy Bondsteel, a simple American soldier who had served in the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor. He took that medal in 1973, and was the last to be awarded by then-US President Richard Nixon.
The Bondsteel camp was constructed by the 94th Battalion of Engineering Construction. The camp is mostly based on wood, where semi-permanent barracks are located from Southeast Asia, and it is surrounded by a 2.5m-long wall.
The camp covers 3,86 square miles [3,86 sq km] or 955 acres [955 ha] of land.
Seven thousand soldiers may reside in the camp, making it the largest American base in the Balkans. There's also a hospital, two finals, two resort buildings that have phones, computers and internet, pool tables, video games and so on. But there are also two stores with which soldiers are supplied.
There is also a small chapel where religious services and other activities are performed, there are fire extinguish stations, police within the army, and two cappuccino bars, a Burger King, a Taco Bell, etc.
What is contradictory to the camp is that it has not been open to inspection by the Committee for Torture Prevention, which has the right to inspection in all Council of Europe member states.
The American army has been criticised for using the base to keep and torture people, and for the conditions in which prisoners live. Alvaro Gil-Robbles, sent to the Council of Europe, described Bondsteel as a small <x0-version version of Guantanamos” after the visit. /Periscopi
