Southern Ill. town hopes to host Gitmo transplants

Jul 5, 2009 25 related
 

07:23 PM CDT on Saturday, July 4, 2009 MARION, Ill. (AP) -- The federal prison in Marion has housed spies, a Columbia druglord and even mobster John Gotti. Now, the southern Illinois city's mayor is rolling out the welcome mat to terror suspects. Marion is part of a small contingent of U.S. cities seeking out any of the more than 200 detainees from Cuba's Guantanamo Bay lockup, which President Barack Obama hopes to shutter. Mayor... [read full story]                    

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