{"id":6902,"date":"2010-04-28T09:31:40","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T18:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6902"},"modified":"2010-04-28T09:31:40","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T18:01:40","slug":"palaus-senate-offers-land-for-u-s-pacific-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dmzhawaii.org\/?p=6902","title":{"rendered":"Palau’s senate offers land for U.S. Pacific base"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the 1980s, the people of Palau fought very hard to institute a nuclear free constitution. But the U.S. refused to accept the nuclear prohibition and made Palauans revise their constitution. \u00a0 In the end, after a campaign of political terror, a constitution was ratified that did not contain the nuclear free clause.\u00a0 It is a tragic irony that the present leaders in Palau are actively courting the same military power that once derailed their self-determination efforts.<\/p>\n

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Palau’s senate offers land for US Pacific base<\/h2>\n

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Palau’s Senate has asked President President Johnson Toribiong to offer the state of Angaur as an alternative location for the US Futenma air base in Okinawa, Japan.<\/p>\n

The Marianas Variety reports that under the Compact of Free Association, the US military has the option to use lands in Palau.<\/p>\n

The senators also noted that two Japanese politicians recently visited the CNMI to look at a site being considered by Japan as a likely relocation site for Futenma.<\/p>\n

Okinawa residents are protesting at Japan’s 2006 agreement to relocate the US base to a coastal part of the island.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama vowed to review the agreement but has struggled to find an alternative location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the 1980s, the people of Palau fought very hard to institute a nuclear free constitution. But the U.S. refused to accept the nuclear prohibition and made Palauans revise their constitution. \u00a0 In the end, after a campaign of political terror, a constitution was ratified that did not contain the nuclear free clause.\u00a0 It is … <\/p>\n

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