In the 1960s and 70s, the U.S. and U.K. forcibly expelled the population of Diego Garcia, an island now used as a military base thousands of miles off the coasts of Africa and Asia.
On Monday, the U.S. held joint war games with India near a ring-shaped reef the United Nations says was illegally taken from its native residents.
The court advised that the U.K."is under an obligation to bring to an end its administration of the Chagos Archipelago as rapidly as possible," a development that may spell trouble for the U.S. military presence on a so-called"unsinkable aircraft carrier" that has served a vital role in operations across Africa and Asia.
Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia served as a departure point for military assets in both Gulf Wars against Iraq as well as the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. It is also home to the controversial Camp Justice — since renamed Thunder Cove — reportedly one of numerous"black sites" where the U.S. government has detained suspects held as part of the"War on Terror" launched following the 9/11 attacks in 2001.
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