Ordnance is removed from yard HANAMAULU, Kauai » An old, unexploded piece of ordnance sat in a front yard for decades before an elderly woman turned it over to police last week, Kauai officials said. On Dec. 8, Kauai police received a call for assistance Monday from a woman who wanted to remove a large… Read more »
Monthly Archives: December 2008
Saddle Road Realignment: Another military highway
SADDLE: BIG ISLE ROAD CONNECTION Officials hail island link for Hilo and West Hawaii By Rod Thompson POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 12, 2008 HILO » Federal, state and county officials opened a rebuilt, widened, 9-mile stretch of the 49-mile Saddle Road between Hilo and West Hawaii yesterday, part of a two-decade-long process of unifying… Read more »
Tackling the Global Military Industrial Complex
Tackling the Global Military Industrial Complex By John Feffer The headlines coming out of East Asia have been rather positive – compared to the horrors of Iraq and Afghanistan, melting glaciers, and plummeting stock markets. The Six Party Talks have been making progress toward ending the confrontation between the United States and North Korea and… Read more »
Navatek builds robotic military ship
Another military ship backed by Sen. Inouye. “This summer, Navatek delivered to the U.S. Navy two 11-meter USVs worth $3.7 million, with pending orders for two more. The unmanned vessels will be used on the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships that are now in testing.” HonoluluAdvertiser.com December 9, 2008 Navatek builds $2.2M research ship By William… Read more »
The new US invasion of Guam
This is an old article from a pro-military perspective. Notice how Chamoru opposition to the military expansion is diminished and how local politicians are falling over themselves to get to the trough. Guam’s Return to Prominence Sea Power | Richard R. Burgess | January 25, 2007 The 2006 agreement between the United States and Japan… Read more »
The Storm of US Militarization Hits Guam
The Storm of US Militarization hits Guam Seventh Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – April 2008 – New York, NY Item # 6 Topic: Pacific Presenter: Julian Aguon Collective Intervention of the Chamoru Nation and Affiliated Indigenous Chamoru Organizations; Society for Threatened Peoples International (ECOSOC); CORE (ECOSOC); Western Shoshone Defense… Read more »
Court could stop Superferry
HonoluluAdvertiser.com December 9, 2008 Hawaii Superferry’s interisland service depends on court ruling Service may be halted if high court rules against law that let ship operate By Derrick DePledge Advertiser Government Writer The state Supreme Court, whose ruling last year led to a three-month shutdown of Hawaii Superferry, will decide whether the interisland service can… Read more »
Ex-soldier videotaped rape of his infant child
HonoluluAdvertiser.com December 8, 2008 Hawaii man admits to videotaping rape of his infant child By Jim Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer Danny Friddle admitted today to repeatedly raping his infant child and videotaping the assaults, crimes that were labeled “shocking and despicable” by the Prosecutor’s Office. The 31-year-old defendant appeared before Family Court Judge Patrick Border… Read more »
Ex-soldier gets life term
Sex crime plea deal includes life term By Nelson Daranciang POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 09, 2008 A man who videotaped himself sexually assaulting his infant daughter has agreed to accept a life prison term with the possibility for parole. Video: Defendant In Shocking Sex Assault Case Gets A Life Sentence. In partnership with KITV.com… Read more »
Monitoring Depleted Uranium
Note: This is an old article, but it is still relevant. The Army is refusing to clean up the DU contamination in Schofield Barracks. Monitoring depleted uranium Protecting the public against exposure By Kristine Kubat Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:10 AM HST While weapons made with depleted uranium can penetrate any substance known to man,… Read more »
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