Mahalo to Jean Downey, Contributing Editor to www.kyotojournal.org and http://tenthousandthingsfromkyoto.blogspot.com/ for pointing out the following article and analysis about the relocation of Futenma Marine Air Station. She also recommends japanfocus.org and Satoko Norimatsu’s www.peacephilosophy.blogspot.com for analysis about developments in Japan and Okinawa related to the bases. Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha has done serious research into… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways
The U.S. interest in Yemen may have more to do with establishing a military base in the Yemeni island of Socotra than hunting down Al Quaeda affiliates. >><< http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=17460 Yemen and The Militarization of Strategic Waterways Securing US Control over Socotra Island and the Gulf of Aden By Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, February 7, 2010… Read more »
Fil-Am officer heads $15-B US military buildup in Guam
This article illustrates how militarism turns the victims of Empire into cannibals, feeding on other lands and peoples through the process of militarization. It highlights the rise of Capt. Ulysses Zalamea, a Filipino-American U.S. naval officer who was recruited in Subic and who now heads up the $15 billion military expansion on Guam. Politicians and… Read more »
Japanese factions differ on Futenma
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68111 Japanese factions still differ on Futenma By David Allen, Stars and Stripes GINOWAN, Okinawa — At odds over plans to relocate Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Okinawa’s northeast shore, the two minority parties of a special committee backed away from promises to submit their ideas for alternate locations at a meeting Wednesday evening…. Read more »
Guam leaders criticize military buildup
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=68110 Guam leaders balk at U.S. military buildup By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, February 19, 2010 TOKYO — Guam’s leaders in recent days have ratcheted up criticism of a proposed massive military buildup, with the island’s sole delegate to Congress vowing to withdraw support unless the Pentagon slows its plans. In… Read more »
Valentine delivered to Japanese Prime Minister in solidarity with Okinawa
http://www.us-for-okinawa.blogspot.com/ Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Valentine delivered to Prime Minister’s Residence Happy Belated Valentine’s Day! To mark this day, US for OKINAWA and Peace Boat made a big, beautiful heart-shaped chocolate cake for Prime Minister Hatoyama that said “We love you for listening to the people of Okinawa, and for building peace, not bases in… Read more »
“These Guys Are Like Vultures”: profiteering from disaster
http://www.alternet.org/story/145741/ “These Guys Are Like Vultures”: Profit-Driven Private Contractors Flocking to Haiti By Anthony Fenton, IPS News Posted on February 19, 2010, Printed on February 19, 2010 Private military contractors have quickly positioned themselves at the center of an emerging “shock doctrine” for earthquake-ravaged Haiti. VANCOUVER, Canada, Feb 19, 2010 (IPS) — Critics are concerned… Read more »
Marine commander says U.S. troops are a benefit not a burden to Okinawa
The AP reported (“US Marine general says Okinawa troops not a burden“) that the commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific argued that the military presence in Okinawa was a blessing, not a burden to the Japanese. The U.S. troop presence on Okinawa should not be seen as a burden but as a benefit,… Read more »
Strykers deployed until mid-2011
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20100214/COLUMNISTS32/2140375/Strykers+out+of+town+until+mid-2011 Posted on: Sunday, February 14, 2010 Strykers out of town until mid-2011 By William Cole Advertiser Columnist Did you catch sight of the Army Stryker vehicles heading down H-2 Freeway in late January? If you blinked, you missed them. Now they’re gone — for about the next year and a half. Keeping the vehicles… Read more »
Water contamination at Marine base omitted from report
The AP broke the story about the apparent suppression of data on groundwater contamination at Camp Lejeune. Report on Marines’ water omitted cancer chemical Danger of Marines’ water removed from report These revelations led to a call for an investigation by Congressman Brad Miller. Fed probe urged on cancer chemical in Marine water There’s good… Read more »
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