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[Hardin, Montana's] Guantanamo Hopes
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Contributor | J.R. |
Last Edited | J.R. May 23, 2009 09:31pm |
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Category | News |
News Date | Monday, May 18, 2009 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | They call eastern Montana "big sky country" - a vast sweep of prairie stretching from horizon to rugged horizon. Towering thunderclouds roiled the sky as we approached Hardin, population 3,400.
It is a long way from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. But if people here get their way, up to 100 detainees now held in Guantanamo will soon be living in a brand new prison on the edge of town.
I toured the empty, never-used jail with Greg Smith, Hardin's economic development director.
It is a windowless, low-slung tan concrete hulk surrounded by a double row of high mesh fence topped with gleaming coils of razor wire.
Earlier this month, Hardin's town council voted unanimously to offer the US government a deal: Send Hardin the detainees that most foreign countries and other cities the US are afraid to take.
"Why not us?" Smith asks. "They've got to go somewhere." |
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