http://mvguam.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1%3Aguam-local-news&id=10920%3Aguam-cant-be-new-okinawa&tmpl=component&print=1&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=2 ‘Guam can’t be new Okinawa’ Friday, 12 February 2010 03:51 by Therese Hart | Variety News Staff GOVERNOR Felix Camacho met with a Japanese delegation yesterday that flew to Guam on a fact finding mission which included a tour of the military bases. Camacho, who was joined by CNMI Gov. Benigno Fitial, shared with… Read more »
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Guam legislature tells Japanese delegation “No More Troops”
No more troops Friday, 12 February 2010 03:52 by Therese Hart | Variety News Staff Speaker Judi Guthertz discusses Guam’s sentiments with Japanese House Rep. Mikio Shimoji, while vice speaker BJ Cruz and Sen. Tina Muna Barnes listen during the Japanese delegation’s visit to the legislature on Thursday. Matt Weis Japanese officials given copy of… Read more »
Japan eyes Northern Marianas for relocating 4000 U.S. troops
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?cat=1&newsID=97156 Thursday, February 11, 2010 JAPANESE LAWMAKERS STOP OVER SAIPAN Relocation of up to 4,000 US troops to CNMI mulled By Haidee V. Eugenio Reporter Visiting Japanese lawmakers said yesterday they may recommend the relocation of 2,000 to 4,000 U.S. troops from the aviation units at Futenma in Japan to the CNMI, on top of… Read more »
Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans
http://www.fpif.org/articles/democracy_thwarts_us_base_plans Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans By Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, February 10, 2010 This March, the Obamas will touch down in the U.S. territory of Guam, en route to Australia and Indonesia. It’s a big deal for this tiny Pacific island seven-and-a-half hours by plane from Hawaii and, according to airport placards, “where… Read more »
Hedges: Zero Point of Systemic Collapse
The following article by Chris Hedges is like an apocalyptic-postmodernist-humanist-survivalist manifesto. He raises interesting arguments and analysis about the futility of trying to save a corrupt and dying system and the need to create a new system. He argues that we need to plan, prepare and implement strategies for a long period of survival, resistance,… Read more »
Obama talks about ‘disarmament’ but seeks increased spending on nukes
http://www.thebulletin.org/web-edition/op-eds/the-obama-disarmament-paradox The Obama disarmament paradox By Greg Mello | 4 February 2010 Article Highlights The latest federal budget request includes a large increase in spending for nuclear weapons. Such an increase contradicts President Obama’s speech in Prague last April, during which he seemed to signal a commitment to significant nuclear disarmament. Now it’s a question of… Read more »
U.S. soldier ‘waterboarded’ his own 4 year old daughter
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1249191/Soldier-father-accused-waterboarding-daughter-4-recite-alphabet.html U.S. soldier ‘waterboarded his own daughter, 4, because she couldn’t recite alphabet’ By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 7:12 AM on 08th February 2010 A soldier waterboarded his four-year-old daughter because she was unable to recite her alphabet. Joshua Tabor admitted to police he had used the CIA torture technique because he was… Read more »
Haiti relief efforts becomes a commercial for the return of the Hawaii Superferry
The Honolulu Advertiser ran a story that featured the efforts of a Hawai’i engineer to help the relief and recovery in Haiti. The article includes the following commercial for the return of the Hawai’i Superferry: He said one odd sight was the former Hawai’i Superferry Alakai in port to provide relief duty in Haiti. The… Read more »
Akaka Bill in trouble?
The so-called Akaka Bill, which would establish Native Hawaiians as a federally recognized native tribe under U.S. law and powers, has been strongly opposed by the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement. The bill would place Native Hawaiians under the Department of Interior and effectively extinguish claims to land and independence. The bill would also exempt the U.S…. Read more »
America’s Shadowy Base World
http://snipurl.com/ubppw [Tom Dispatch] Tomgram: Nick Turse, America’s Shadowy Base World By Nick Turse Posted on February 9, 2010, Printed on February 10, 2010 http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175204/ Once is an anomaly; twice is the beginning of a pattern. Right now, we’re seeing the same sequence of events for the second time in less than a decade, and it… Read more »
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