Feb 14th, 2010 · Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson says the effort to retake Marjah may last up to a month as thousands of U.S. troops and Afghan soldiers fight for a second day in NATO's most ambitious effort yet to break the militants' grip on Afghanistan's dangerous south.
Oct 29th, 2009 · U.S. District Judge Michael Mihm could have sentenced Ali al-Marri to as many as 15 years. But Mihm handed down the lighter sentence in consideration of what he called "very severe" conditions under which Marri was kept during the almost six years he was held without charges in a U.S. Navy brig in South Carolina.
Jul 2nd, 2009 · Brig. Gen. Larry Nicholson, a veteran of Iraq, is leading the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade in its fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. He exhorted his troops in a recent speech to besiege the enemy until the Taliban is dead or surrenders.
Feb 27th, 2009 · An accused al-Qaida sleeper agent, who has been held for more than five years at a Navy brig in South Carolina, is expected to be sent to Illinois for trial in civilian court. The Justice Department has not yet announced charges against Ali al-Marri. The Bush administration had fought that move for years saying terror suspects caught in the U.S. could be held indefinitely without charges.
Feb 12th, 2009 · Mexican authorities arrested the chief of police in Cancun in connection with the brutal kidnapping, torture and murder of retired army Brig. Gen. Enrique Tello. Tello is one of the highest ranking officials to be murdered in the ongoing drug violence. Journalist Jesus Esquivel talks about the case with Michel Martin.
Aug 10th, 2008 · Marines serving time in the brig at Camp Lejeune, N.C., are training dogs as service animals for Marines wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. The dogs get a career and a loving home, and the Marines get to help their buddies and build self-esteem. Peter Biello reports from member station WHQR in Wilmington, N.C.
Apr 10th, 2008 · Former Navy lawyer Matthew Diaz was sentenced to six months in the brig for violating the Espionage Act for leaking the names of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay to a rights group. Despite remorse, he says "I can live comfortably with myself, making that decision, based on the facts as they were at the time."
Dec 12th, 2007 · A top Lebanese general is killled by a car bomb in Beirut on Wednesday. Two other people were also killed in the attack on Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, a top Maronite Catholic in the command, military officials and media reports said.