The Honolulu Star Advertiser reported: WASHINGTON >> In a disclosure of some of the most sensitive information revealed yet by WikiLeaks, the website has released a secret cable listing sites worldwide that the U.S. considers critical to its national security. The locations cited in the diplomatic cable from U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton… Read more »
Yearly Archives: 2010
The Explosive Growth of U.S. Military Power on Guam Confronts People Power
Source: http://www.japanfocus.org/-LisaLinda-Natividad/3454 The Explosive Growth of U.S. Military Power on Guam Confronts People Power: Experience of an island people under Spanish, Japanese and American colonial rule LisaLinda S. Natividad and Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero Background The United States Department of Defense is planning a massive military build-up on Guahan (Guam) that threatens to change the entire… Read more »
Alfred McCoy: The Decline and Fall of the American Empire
Source: http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175327/tomgram%3A_alfred_mccoy%2C_taking_down_america/ Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Taking Down America Posted by Alfred McCoy at 5:11pm, December 5, 2010. Trying to play down the significance of an ongoing Wikileaks dump of more than 250,000 State Department documents, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently offered the following bit of Washington wisdom: “The fact is, governments deal with the… Read more »
Wikileaks Cables Reveal Diego Garcia Marine Reserve Will Prevent Return of Chagos Islanders
Marine conservation zones as cultural genocide? The British marine reserve in the Chagos islands was a deliberate attempt to prevent the return of the evicted Chagossians to Diego Garcia, one of America’s crucial military bases in the Indian Ocean. The Chagos reserve was modeled on the Papahanaumokuakea National Marine Monument and the proposed Mariana Island… Read more »
Waikane munitions cleanup seeks public comments and involvement
This email includes: 1. Update on the Marine Corps Restoration Advisory Board for cleanup of unexploded munitions in Waikane Impact Area, including a call to submit comments on the proposed Feasibility Study for cleanup of unexploded munitions in Waikane Impact Area. 2. Invitation to submit application to join a Restoration Advisory Board for the Army… Read more »
The Silent Truth: murders of women in the military
Thanks to Ann Wright for sharing the links to two articles on violence against women in the military. The first article discusses a new documentary The Silent Truth, about the murder of LaVena Johnson and subsequent cover up. Ann has worked with the Johnson family to seek the truth and justice and was a consultant… Read more »
The Abercrombie administration, Mo’olelo Aloha ‘Aina and other news briefs
Governor Elect Neil Abercrombie announced the appointment of William Aila to the position of Chair of the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR), an important post that covers protection of the environment and cultural resources, including Native Hawaiian sacred places and burials. Aila is the harbormaster of the Wai’anae Boat Harbor, a community activist… Read more »
South Korea admits to firing the first shot
In his Organizing Notes blog, Bruce Gagnon writes: South Korea has admitted it was the first to fire the shots in this incident. However it says the firing was part of a military drill, not directed at North Korea. The U.S. and South Korean forces have been holding aggressive military war games directed at North… Read more »
Peace group response to the Artillery Exchange between North and South Korea
NARPI Response to Artillery Exchange between North and South Korea November 23, 2010 In response to the artillery exchange which took place over the West maritime border of North and South Korea, in the afternoon of November 23, 2010, the Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute members wish to express our concerns as follows: 1. NARPI… Read more »
N.Korea fires artillery shells toward Yeonpyeong Island, killing two marines
The Hankyoreh reported: “North Korea fired some 100 artillery rounds toward South Korean waters and an island near the tense West Sea on Tuesday, killing two marines and leaving at least 15 others wounded, five of them critically, South Korea’s military reported.” A subsequent article described the factors that may have contributed to the attack:… Read more »
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