| Sun, 5 Jul 2009 Despite U.S. tactical shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban terror continues
| SHARANA, Afghanistan -- 1st Lt. Chip Heidt, his wire spectacles sliding down his wet nose in the hot midday sun, was walking with a purpose amid a stretch of the 20-foot-high mud walls in this Afghan town opposite Pakistan's lawless Waziristan tribal area. Heidt, 25, ... | Despite U.S. tactical shifts in Afghanistan, Taliban terror continues
| 1st Lt. Chip Heidt, his wire spectacles sliding down his wet nose in the hot midday sun, was walking with a purpose amid a stretch of the 20-foot-high mud walls in this Afghan town opposite Pakistan's lawless Waziristan tribal area. Heidt, 25, a scion of the Scripps n... | JOHN HUTTON: As long as others have nuclear weapons that can be aimed at us, ...
| There is a growing debate in the country about how Britain can best defend itself militarily in the 21st Century. | A report last week by the Institute for Public Policy Research think-tank, questioning whether Trident nuclear submarines are a cost-effective way of ma... | Pentagon warns US arms may be obsolete
| America's traditional means of projecting power abroad is growing "increasingly obsolete" and its billion-dollar military hardware could be as ineffectual against future threats as the heavily fortified Maginot line was in defending France against the Nazis, a senior ... | A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
Comments MARION, Ill. (Map, News) - Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new ... | A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
| Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: Guantanamo Bay terrorism suspects. | While other cities across the U.S. have balked at taking in any of the more than 200 detainees from the infamous lockup in Cuba that Pres... | Could Gitmo transplants end up in Illinois prisons?
| MARION, Ill. -- Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused cri... | A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
| Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: Guantana... | Offensive is first test for Obama's Afghanistan strategy
| WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military offensive launched in Afghanistan's south this week is the first step in President Barack Obama's new strategy in a war he has described as a key priority for his administration. | Around 4,000 Marines are involved in t... | A Few US Cities Hope to Host Gitmo Transplants
| Filed at 12:17 p.m. ET | MARION, Ill. (AP) -- Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome ma... | Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees
| MARION, Ill. (AP) — Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss . | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused criminals: t... | A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
| Click photo to enlargeIn this Nov. 13, 2005, photo maintenance employees replace a burned out light in a hallway inside the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Ill. Marion's mayor, Robert Butler, is hoping to take in Guantanamo detainees which would require persuadi... | A few US cities hope to host Gitmo transplants
By JIM SUHR | Associated Press Writer | MARION, Ill. (AP) - Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out th... | Yes, in my backyard: Illinois town among few in US lobbying to get Guantanamo detainees
| MARION, Ill. - Once the nation's most secure prison, the federal lockup in southern Illinois has housed everyone from spies to a Colombian druglord to dapper mob boss John Gotti. | Now the mayor of Marion hopes to roll out the welcome mat for a new set of accused crim... | |
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