Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2406 world Guantanamo Detainees en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:39:14 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2406 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamopolitics afp/20091125/usattacksguantanamopolitics AFP politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:39:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamopolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamopolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_newyork_trial nm/20091125/us_guantanamo_newyork_trial Reuters topstories Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:05:12 GMT Reuters - A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091122/wl_nm/us_algeria_guantanamo nm/20091122/us_algeria_guantanamo Reuters world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:15:43 GMT Reuters - Two men who had been held for seven years in the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay on suspicion of belonging to an extremist group were acquitted in an Algerian court on Sunday, state media reported. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091122/ap_on_re_af/af_algeria_guantanamo_acquittals ap/20091122/af_algeria_guantanamo_acquittals AP world Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:35:45 GMT AP - An Algerian court on Sunday acquitted two former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who were returned home to face charges of links to terrorism, their defense lawyer said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/pl_nm/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat nm/20091120/us_usa_guantanamo_democrat Reuters politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:26:44 GMT Reuters - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the September 11, 2001, conspirators in a U.S. criminal court. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091120/us_time/08599194114100 time/20091120/08599194114100 Time.com us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:05:00 GMT Time.com - White House plans for terror suspects currently in detention are likely to outrage liberals and conservatives http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_missing_the_deadline ap/20091119/cb_guantanamo_missing_the_deadline AP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:20:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_missing_the_deadline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258562177420-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3JlL2qud2X4vtjKd1_w5_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2009. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not "cower" from terrorists.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)" border="0" /></a>AP - President Barack Obama is now confirming what many have long suspected: He will miss his January deadline to close the Guantanamo prison &mdash; partly because he cannot persuade other nations to take the detainees.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_guantanamo_missing_the_deadline"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258562177420-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3JlL2qud2X4vtjKd1_w5_g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A detainee stands at an interior fence at the US military prison for "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in October 2009. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not "cower" from terrorists.(AFP/Getty Images/File/John Moore)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_usa nm/20091118/us_guantanamo_usa Reuters topstories Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:16:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258557299576-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wK4Z5Y0NDAd32AHNZcDFIQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Attorney General Eric Holder arrives for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Holder vowed Wednesday that the United States will not "cower" in the face of extremism as he defended his decision to try top terror suspects in civilian court.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama suggested on Wednesday the self-professed mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks would be convicted and put to death, but later said he was not trying to prejudge the trial.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258557299576-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=wK4Z5Y0NDAd32AHNZcDFIQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Attorney General Eric Holder arrives for a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Holder vowed Wednesday that the United States will not "cower" in the face of extremism as he defended his decision to try top terror suspects in civilian court.(AFP/Getty Images/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee ap/20091118/us_guantanamo_detainee AP us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:11:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AP - The rights of a Guantanamo detainee facing trial in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa were not violated when the military took away his uniformed lawyers, a judge ruled Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_detainee"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_obama nm/20091118/us_guantanamo_obama Reuters topstories Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:39:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, can be closed next year, but he acknowledged that he will not meet his original January deadline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamojustice afp/20091118/usattacksguantanamojustice AFP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:09:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamojustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258563637951-4-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=seUaw6JvkVQe5dYVnG_hdA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="A picture posted on www.muslm.net shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not "cower" from terrorists.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama, defending plans to try accused September 11 author Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in civilian court, predicted Wednesday that he would be convicted and executed.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamojustice"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258563637951-4-0.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=seUaw6JvkVQe5dYVnG_hdA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="A picture posted on www.muslm.net shows Khalid Sheikh Mohammed -- the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. President Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that alleged September 11 mastermind Mohammed will be convicted and put to death, as a top aide urged Americans to trust their courts and not "cower" from terrorists.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_guantanamo ap/20091118/eu_britain_guantanamo AP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:39:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_guantanamo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0" /></a>AP - British spies can keep some evidence secret from former Guantanamo prisoners who are suing the government for alleged complicity in their detention, a British judge ruled Wednesday, the first volley in a legal battle to expose what role Britain played in the men's imprisonment.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_guantanamo"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259192321995-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=vJBIXGtIGDhM4ZQLhWxFzg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A US Army soldier walks through a cell block at Camp Delta at Guantanamo Naval Base. A US official working on closing the Guantanamo Bay prison has resigned, a Pentagon spokesman said Wednesday, the second senior US official tasked with closing the site who has resigned in weeks.(AFP/POOL/File/Mark Wilson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamoobama afp/20091118/usattacksguantanamoobama AFP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:21:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamoobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258550359441-2-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=jn6pUl2wLTWgzmqcuv7uRg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="Razor wire inside the US military prison for "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Barack Obama has told NBC television that the United States will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the US war on terror prison at Guantanamo Bay.(AFP/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the US war on terror prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/wl_afp/usattacksguantanamoobama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258550359441-2-0.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=jn6pUl2wLTWgzmqcuv7uRg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="Razor wire inside the US military prison for "enemy combatants" in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Barack Obama has told NBC television that the United States will miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the US war on terror prison at Guantanamo Bay.(AFP/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_as/as_obama_gitmo ap/20091118/as_obama_gitmo AP world Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:08:58 GMT AP - President Barack Obama says he won't set a new deadline for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison, but does expect the facility to shut down sometime next year. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_transfers_manzullo ap/20091118/us_guantanamo_transfers_manzullo AP us Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:32:38 GMT AP - An Illinois congressman says his comment that suspected terrorists detained at Guantanamo Bay follow a "savage religion" has been misinterpreted. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticetrialsenate afp/20091118/usattacksguantanamojusticetrialsenate AFP politics Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:05:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticetrialsenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258496018073-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1n8CIIWA2e3GWset5Af6FA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="US Sen. James Inhofe (2nd L) speaks as Sen. John Cornyn (L) and Sen. John Thune (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill June 2009 in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure seen as hampering US President Barack Obama's administration plans to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts in New York.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure seen as hampering US President Barack Obama's administration plans to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts in New York.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091118/pl_afp/usattacksguantanamojusticetrialsenate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091118/capt.photo_1258496018073-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=1n8CIIWA2e3GWset5Af6FA--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Sen. James Inhofe (2nd L) speaks as Sen. John Cornyn (L) and Sen. John Thune (R) listen during a news conference on Capitol Hill June 2009 in Washington, DC. The US Senate on Tuesday defeated a measure seen as hampering US President Barack Obama's administration plans to try suspected terrorists in civilian courts in New York.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_transfers_fact_check ap/20091117/us_guantanamo_transfers_fact_check AP us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:31:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_transfers_fact_check"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.850095de9a894d78a0f9e519ee74dfc5.illinois_prison_obama_ilks201.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=ouaR2MbPKqKyuKlwGIX9qg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near the Mississippi River Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - As the Obama administration considers a plan to move Guantanamo Bay detainees to prisons on U.S. soil, including possible sites in Illinois and Michigan, proponents and critics are spinning the facts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_transfers_fact_check"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091117/capt.850095de9a894d78a0f9e519ee74dfc5.illinois_prison_obama_ilks201.jpg?x=130&y=65&q=85&sig=ouaR2MbPKqKyuKlwGIX9qg--" align="left" height="65" width="130" alt="photo" title="This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center near the Mississippi River Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson, Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/ts_nm/us_guantanamo_illinois nm/20091117/us_guantanamo_illinois Reuters topstories Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:22:24 GMT Reuters - Moving detainees from Guantanamo Bay to a largely unused prison in this hamlet would create much-needed jobs, said officials who toured the rural prison on Monday, dismissing widespread concern about risks to security from America's sworn enemies and their allies. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_illinois_prison_obama ap/20091117/us_illinois_prison_obama AP us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:15:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_illinois_prison_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.8eaf776e63b74af2bb4ed3e73146c806.illinois_prison_obama_ilca101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=hUI.YMDLAveuU3FYw.IMyQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson , Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0" /></a>AP - Some folks in this dying Mississippi River town would rather take their chances with suspected terrorists in their backyard than watch their neighbors continue to move away in despair over the lack of jobs.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091117/ap_on_re_us/us_illinois_prison_obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091116/capt.8eaf776e63b74af2bb4ed3e73146c806.illinois_prison_obama_ilca101.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=hUI.YMDLAveuU3FYw.IMyQ--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="This is an aerial view of the Thomson Correctional Center Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 in Thomson , Ill. Federal officials are at the prison in northwest Illinois that the government might buy to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.(AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/guantanamo/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_guantanamo_colorado ap/20091116/us_guantanamo_colorado AP us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:31:04 GMT AP - Colorado officials say they haven't been contacted by the federal government regarding housing detainees from Guantanamo Bay in the state.