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FBI Agents to Grill Al Qaeda Prisoners
Times Staff WriterEight FBI agents took up residence Tuesday at the bombed-out Kandahar International Airport to interrogate Taliban and Al Qaeda prisoners, even as the first detainees arrived at a hastily built, heavily guarded jail. Tom Knowles, the FBI supervising...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Justice System, Kabul (Afghanistan), Charity
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Taliban May Surrender Key Southern Area
Times Staff WritersThe Taliban appeared to be on the verge of surrendering a key area along Afghanistan's southern border with Pakistan on Monday as hundreds of U.S. Marines took up positions near Kandahar, the Islamic movement's only remaining stronghold. A spokesman for...Tags: Armed Forces, U.S. Military, Terrorism, Landforms, Wars and Interventions
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Troops Secure City Airport at Kandahar
Times Staff WriterIn a complex and fast-paced operation late Thursday, hundreds of U.S. Marines assumed control of the city airport near the former Taliban stronghold of Kandahar. With some Marines landing in helicopters and others racing through the streets of...Tags: Armed Forces, Terrorism, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, Islam
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Pride and Grief for Fallen Marines
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOf the U.S. Marines who died fighting on March 23 near Nasiriyah, Iraq, three -- Jorge Gonzalez, Michael Bitz and Randal Kent Rosacker -- were from California. Two were fathers, a third was a son who followed his father into the military. One was 31,...Tags: Death, Telemundo (tv network), Armed Forces, Children, U.S. Department of Defense
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An unexpected surprise at woman's boot camp graduation
Adam Jarboe recently returned from Afghanistan and flown overnight into Chicago to pull off a stealth mission. Jarboe, a petty officer third class, was at Naval Station Great Lakes early Friday to surprise his wife. Dressed in the ceremonial white...
Tags: Armed Forces, Afghanistan, U.S. Department of Defense, Defense, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Nearly 30 years after first drinking wells closed, cleanup at NC Marine base in home stretch
AP National WriterCAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) — Purple wildflowers sprout in abundance around the bright-yellow pipe, one of several jutting from the sandy soil in this unassuming patch of grass and mud. A dirty hose runs from the pipe to an idling truck and into a large...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Environmental Politics, Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Issues
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Woman exposed to toxic water on Marine base making sure other 'Devil Dog pups' remembered
AP National WriterJACKSONVILLE, N.C. (AP) — As she flipped through the cemetery register, Mary Blakely's eyes filled with tears. On line after line, the entry read simply "Baby Boy" or "Baby Girl," followed by a surname and a burial date. Like Blakely, many of those...Tags: Heart Disease, Human Interest, Disease Prevention, Vietnam, Spina Bifida
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Career expo held for Lejeune personnel
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.The Non-Commissioned Officer Association joined Military.com in bringing a career expo to Camp Lejeune on Thursday morning where hundreds of Marines and sailors talked with prospective employers and schools. Former sergeant major of the Marine Corps and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Marketing, Employment, Employment Opportunities
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Homeschool Fair to be held
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.A growing interest in home-schooling has kept an annual event offered by the Onslow County Public Library a popular one. A Homeschool Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the main library in Jacksonville. "We had 120 or so people...Tags: Libraries, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Christianity
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Annual quilt show begins Friday at Crystal Coast Civic Center
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.They aren't your grandmother's quilts. The 31st annual Quilt Show, sponsored by the Crystal Coast Quilter's Guild, begins Friday in Morehead City and continues through Saturday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center. "If you've never been to a quilt show,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Customs and Tradition, Human Interest, Auction Service
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States' attorney general speaks to Marines about predatory businesses
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.Predatory businesses were the topic of a discussion between N.C. Attorney General Roy Cooper and a group of Marines from Camp Lejeune on Wednesday morning. "We're here today to help individual service members and their families avoid scams, bad loans...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Credit and Debt, Vehicles, Services and Shopping, U.S. Department of Defense
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Newest visitors to Bear Island haven't been around in more than a decade
The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.The recent spotting of a black bear on Bear Island is a reminder that they are among the occasional visitors to Hammocks Beach State Park. A contractor working for Camp Lejeune recently snapped a photograph of the juvenile bear and sent it to park...Tags: Wildlife
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