This is a strange story: “ACORN Pimp” James O’Keefe and three co-conspirators posed as telephone repairmen and allegedly attempted to tap Louisiana Senator Landrieu’s telephone. The silly antics of O’Keefe and his cohorts would not merit wasting any bandwidth except that three of these clowns apparently have ties to intelligence entities. The conspiracy theory… Read more »
Guam delegate asked about sending Marines to Hawai’i
Guam Congressional delegate Bordallo met with island senators to discuss concerns about the military expansion in Guam. Some Guam senators seem to want the marines to go to Hawai’i!: Asked to discuss the possibility of an option to rather send the U.S. Marines to Hawaii, Bordallo said, “No, I don’t have any comment on that.”… Read more »
Vieques: Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/02/01/vieques.illness/?hpt=C1&imw=Y Island residents sue U.S., saying military made them sick By Abbie Boudreau and Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit February 1, 2010 — Updated 2103 GMT (0503 HKT) Vieques, Puerto Rico (CNN) — Nearly 40 years ago, Hermogenes Marrero was a teenage U.S. Marine, stationed as a security guard on the tiny American island… Read more »
News Update from Jeju anti-bases protest
Below is an email update from Sung-Hee Choi, a South Korean peace activist and blogger for the No Bases Stories Korea about the anti-bases struggle in Jeju, a world peace island. There have been developments indicating that international pressure is having an effect on the South Korean government’s plans to break ground on a new… Read more »
U.S. expands missile sites in Persian Gulf
Very disturbing movement by the U.S. to deploy missile launch sites throughout the middle east and eastern Europe. >><< http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100131/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_gulf_defenses US upgrades defense of Persian Gulf allies AP By ROBERT BURNS, AP National Security Writer Robert Burns, Ap National Security Writer – Sun Jan 31, 7:31 am ET WASHINGTON – The United States has begun… Read more »
Russia warns U.S. about “reckless” missile deployment in Poland
http://www.thenews.pl/international/artykul124661_russia-will-not-just-watch-patriot-missiles-deployed.html Russia will not just watch Patriot missiles deployed Friday, January 29, 2010 Russia’s ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin, warned on Friday that his country will not passively watch the deployment of a U.S. Patriot missile battery in Poland. The US will supply the Patriots and 100 troops in Poland this year, to be stationed… Read more »
U.S. Moves missiles and troops to the Russian Border
http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/2010/01/22/with-nuclear-conventional-arms-pacts-stalled-u-s-moves-missiles-and-troops-to-russian-border/ January 22, 2010 With Nuclear, Conventional Arms Pacts Stalled, U.S. Moves Missiles And Troops To Russian Border Rick Rozoff 2010 is proceeding in a manner more befitting the third month of the year, named after the Roman god of war, than the first whose name is derived from a pacific deity. On January 13… Read more »
Sweet 16 with an M-16: “I love the thrill of shooting”
Talk about mixed messages. As a society, we tell youth that violence is bad. We make it a serious offense to bring weapons to school. Yet we train youth to use military weapons and encourage, even compel them to join the JROTC. How militarized are we? >><< http://www.starbulletin.com/sports/20100131_sure_shot.html Sure shot Arlene Estabillo’s ability with an… Read more »
U.S. ambassador stresses need for troops in Okinawa
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=67634 U.S. ambassador stresses need for troops on Okinawa By Teri Weaver, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Sunday, January 31, 2010 TOKYO — The Marines stationed on Okinawa might be the least understood of the nearly 50,000 U.S. troops serving throughout Japan, according to the United States’ top diplomat here in a Friday speech to… Read more »
“Vieques: Military Contamination and Health” to air on CNN
The following message was sent by Comite Pro-Rescate y Desarolle de Vieques (Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques): Thanks to Javier Cuebas for the information below. Gracias a Javier S. Cuebas por la información abajo. Dear Friends: CNN is running a two part series on Vieques: Military Contamination and Health Monday, February 1… Read more »
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