March 7, 2009 The cost of empire Miriam Pemberton: US government spending $100 B annually to maintain 1000 foreign military bases Last week President Obama unveiled his record-spending 2010 budget proposal, which included a slight increase in funding for the Pentagon when compared with George Bush’s budget of 2009. Though the specific details of the… Read more »
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Too Many Bases
Too Many Overseas Bases David Vine | February 25, 2009 Editor: Emily Schwartz Greco Foreign Policy In Focus www.fpif.org In the midst of an economic crisis that’s getting scarier by the day, it’s time to ask whether the nation can really afford some 1,000 military bases overseas. For those unfamiliar with the issue, you read… Read more »
USAREUR wants to keep more troops in Germany and Italy
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/03/army_europe_030209w/ USAREUR chief calls for stop to drawdown Ham wants to keep 4 BCTs in Germany and Italy By Jim Tice – Staff writer Posted : Monday Mar 2, 2009 11:36:30 EST The drawdown of Army forces in Germany would be halted under a plan proposed by U.S. Army Europe commander Gen. Carter F. Ham…. Read more »
Surfers vs. the Superferry
Surfers vs. the Superferry By Jerry Mander & Koohan Paik This article appeared in the March 16, 2009 edition of The Nation. February 25, 2009 We don’t ordinarily seek inspirational models of grassroots uprisings–especially against global corporate-military boondoggles–from surfer beaches on luscious tropical islands. So it surprises colleagues on the left when we tell them… Read more »
U.S. Military Base In Vicenza Gets Final Approval
http://www.countercurrents.org/westbrook230109.htm U.S. Military Base In Vicenza Gets Final Approval By Stephanie Westbrook 23 February, 2009 Countercurrents.org At a press conference on Friday, February 20, Italian Special Commissioner Paola Costa and U.S. Consul General from Milan, Daniel Weygandt, announced final approval for a new U.S. military base in Vicenza, Italy. The project, approved by a joint… Read more »
Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan
From The Times February 19, 2009 Google Earth reveals secret history of US base in Pakistan The Shamsi airbase in 2006 with three drones apparently visible A recent image of the same base Jeremy Page Exclusive: secret CIA drone base | Graphic: 2006 image | Graphic: recent image The US was secretly flying unmanned drones… Read more »
US drone air strikes in Pakistan originated from Pakistani air base
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-uspakistan13-2009feb13,0,4776260.story From the Los Angeles Times Feinstein comment on U.S. drones likely to embarrass Pakistan The Predator planes that launch missile strikes against militants are based in Pakistan, the senator says. That suggests a much deeper relationship with the U.S. than Islamabad would like to admit. By Greg Miller February 13, 2009Reporting from Washington –… Read more »
Korean Villagers threatened with Eviction for U.S. Base Expansion
Friday, February 6, 2009 The Struggle of Ohyunri, South Korea 1, 2, The people of Ohyun-ri, 1st Pan Korean rally against the expansion of Mugeon-ri military training field, Oct. 11, 2008, Seoul, Korea Link 3. Korea DMZ area(mark added) 4. Kaeseong-Munsan-Paju map (English title added) 5. source from the Committee from P. 15, “Defense Reform… Read more »
No Bases Statement from participants at the World Social Forum
THE WORLD SOCIAL FORUM THE INTERNATIONAL NO BASES NETWORK Belem do Para, Brazil February 1, 2009 The International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases, meeting at the WSF in Belem do Para, Brazil, from 27 January to 1 February 2009, recognized that: The single biggest challenge in the militarization of Africa is the… Read more »
Hawai’i’s biggest defense contract
Friday, January 30, 2009 | Modified: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 12:00am Contractor has new name and Hawaii’s biggest defense project Pacific Business News (Honolulu) – by Janis L. Magin Pacific Business News Courtesy DCK Pacific Construction, LLC DCK Pacific has a $176 million contract to build the first phase of the $318 million Hawaii Regional… Read more »
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