Monthly Archives: November 2011

Pearl Harbor-Hickam man held in alleged sex assault at Ala Moana

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under O'ahu.

Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that a 24-year old man, “who lives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, was arrested pending charges of first-degree sexual assault, unauthorized entry into a vehicle, fourth-degree theft and criminal property damage.”  The victim alleges that “the man entered her vehicle without her permission and sexually assauilted her about 3 a.m. The… Read more »

Military expansion in Pohakuloa hearings on Hawaiʻi Island

Posted by https://www.dmzhawaii.org/?author=3 & filed under DMZ-Hawai'i / Aloha 'Aina In the News, Hawai'i.

Mahalo to Jim Albertini of Malu ʻAina: Two Important Meetings Coming Up! Published by jalbertini on November 2nd, 2011 in Hawaii Independence, Military, Public Events, Radiation, Social Justice, Take Action!. FYI  Important meetings coming up: #1.  DLNR & Senate people #2.  EIS Pohakuloa expansion .  See below for details Opportunity to talk about need for… Read more »

US GI in SKorea gets 10 years in prison for rape

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The AP reports that a “US GI in SKorea gets 10 years in prison for rape”: A South Korean court sentenced a U.S. soldier to 10 years in prison Tuesday for raping a teenage girl — the second harshest punishment handed down to a convicted American soldier here in nearly 20 years. Uijeongbu District Court… Read more »

Lost Bases of Empire

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As war, economic crises and political unrest continue to sap the United States, maintaining the vast network of U.S. foreign military bases may become more tenuous.   Tarak Barkawi writes in Al Jazeera: But the US is divided and turned in on itself. Much of the government is hobbled by underinvestment, privatisation and party politics. Mainstream… Read more »