Monthly Archives: February 2010

New Hawaii Five-O movie will feature military back story

The Hawaii Five-O movie will be shot on O’ahu in March.  One blog described the preparations for the shoot: The Five-0 pilot reportedly will include a large number of second unit filming and special effects, including land and water chases and a Striker Force vehicle (s?) that’s blown into the air where it spins around… Read more »

DEPLETED URANIUM HEARING DENIED

PRESS RELEASE Cory Harden PO Box 10265, Hilo, Hawai’i 96721 808-968-8965 mh@interpac.net For immediate release February 24, 2010, Hilo, Hawai’i DEPLETED URANIUM HEARING DENIED Petitioners challenging an Army application for a license to possess depleted uranium (DU) expressed disappointment after the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) ruled that the… Read more »

China’s ruling party comments on U.S. bases in Okinawa

Vincent Pollard, a Professor of Asian Studies at the University of Hawai’i forwarded this link to an article about the U.S. military bases in Okinawa that was published in the People’s Daily, an official news organ of the Communist Party of China.  He noted how rare it is for the Communist Party of China to… Read more »

Pacific activists link up against buildup

http://mvguam.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11059%3A-regions-activists-link-up-against-buildup&Itemid=11 Region’s activists link up against buildup Tuesday, 23 February 2010 03:08 by Mar-Vic Cagurangan | Variety News Staff ACTIVISTS from Guam and the CNMI, joined by their supporters from Okinawa and Hawaii, are holding a protest rally today at the front gate of Pacific Command Headquarters at Camp Smith in ‘Aiea, Oahu, to oppose… Read more »

Military Closed Door Meeting at Pohakuloa with politicians Protested!

Below is a press release from Malu ‘Aina and Hawai’i Island peace movement activists about an action that took place today at Pohakuloa, where the Army held a closed door meeting with the Hawai’i Island Mayor Billy Kenoi and State Representative Faye Hanohano and other officials.  State Representative Josh Green sent a communication to organizer… Read more »

EPA slams military’s Guam plan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sharply criticizes the military’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the buildup in Guam and the Mariana islands. See the Pacific News Center video below and the AP article at bottom.  Mahalo to Koohan Paik for these links. >><< http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3546:epa-deis&catid=50:homepage-slideshow-rokstories Statement of the military buildup is “environmentally unsatisfactory”. This comes… Read more »

Buchanan: Liquidating the Empire

Coservative pundit and former presidential adviser Pat Buchanan calls for the liquidation of empire, beginning with the global network of U.S. military bases. >><< http://original.antiwar.com/buchanan/2010/02/22/liquidating-the-empire-2/ Liquidating the Empire by Patrick J. Buchanan, February 23, 2010 A decade ago, Oldsmobile went. Last year, Pontiac. Saturn, Saab, and Hummer were discontinued. A thousand GM dealerships shut down…. Read more »

The “greening” of the military

The following article in the New York TImes showcases the military’s environmental preservation programs.  The Pentagon is trying to  polish its ‘green’ because of its terrible history of environmental destruction.  The military has a program called “sustainable range intitiatives”, which interpret “sustainable” to mean sustaining their destructive activities, not exactly what most people think of… Read more »

China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2010-02/22/content_9481548.htm China Daily February 22, 1020 China circled by chain of US anti-missile systems By Qin Jize and Li Xiaokun Washington appears determined to surround China with US-built anti-missile systems, military scholars have observed. According to US-based Defense News, Taiwan became the fifth global buyer of the Patriot missile defense system last year following Japan,… Read more »

Solidarity Action Against U.S. Military Buildup in Pacific

Please come out and spread the word to make a statement of solidarity of the peoples of the Pacific against the U.S. military buildup in this region. Mahalo. PRESS RELEASE IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2010 CONTACTS: Kyle Kajihiro, American Friends Service Committee and DMZ Hawai‘i/Aloha ‘Aina http://www.dmzhawaii.org/ Tel. 808-542-3668, Email: KKajihiro@afsc.org Kisha Borja-kicho’cho’, Fight for… Read more »