Doug from Seacoast Anti-Pollution League in Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent a post to the Military Toxics Project listserve about a new law to limit the military use of open burn pits overseas. However, as Doug notes the law “Doesn’t cover domestic bases, nor everything we’d want left unburned, but DoD has to develop a plan… Read more »
USS Arizona artifacts are sacred – so are Native Hawaiian burials
The Navy and the veterans community have rightfully rallied to stop the auctioning of artifacts salvaged from the USS Arizona after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The silver plated service set is considered ‘sacred’, and is being claimed as property of the Navy. It is good to have a sense of history and the sacred. … Read more »
Did Blackwater try to bribe Iraqi officials after killing 17 Iraqi civilians?
The NY Times reports that top executives of Blackwater, the notorious mercenary corporation now known as Xe, tried to bribe Iraqi officials to mitigate the political fallout for the murder of 17 Iraqi civilians by Blackwater employees. >><< http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/world/middleeast/11blackwater.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all Blackwater Said to Pursue Bribes to Iraq After 17 Died By MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN… Read more »
Gavan McCormack: “Yet Another ‘Battle of Okinawa'”
This Op Ed published in the Japan Times is critical of the “colonial” nature of the so-called Guam Treaty which provides for the relocation of U.S. Marines from Okinawa to Guam, commits Japan to foot most of the bill, allows the expansion of the military base at Henoko, Okinawa, and overrides many of Japan’s own… Read more »
Homeland Security Hawai’i style: “above all, protect our visitors”
The Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit is taking place in Honolulu. It is one of the venues through which the homeland security-military-industrial complex has tried to exploit emerging markets for military/intelligence/security technologies and services. Ed Texeira, head of Hawai’i Civil Defense, was quoted in the news report as saying “We’ve never said Hawaii was really… Read more »
North, South Korean ships exchange gunfire
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/10/AR2009111000392.html?wpisrc=newsletter North, South Korean ships exchange gunfire NAVAL CLASH FIRST IN 7 YEARS Tensions rise ahead of Obama visit to region By Blaine Harden Washington Post Foreign Service Wednesday, November 11, 2009 TOKYO — A brief naval skirmish erupted Tuesday between North and South Korea, raising tension in Northeast Asia as President Obama prepares this… Read more »
Will removing U.S. bases from Japan diminish the utility of Pearl Harbor?
Written from the perspective of a U.S. naval strategist, this editorial in the Taipei Times argues that Pearl Harbor continues to be vital as a U.S. naval base. The author, James Holmes gives a concise explanation of how Admiral Mahan’s military theory led to the invasion and occupation of Hawai’i, shaping U.S. policy to the… Read more »
Inouye tries to divert unauthorized funds to missile defense site at PMRF
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20091110/NEWS08/911100321/0/NEWS01/-68.5M-test-site-sought-for-Kaua-i Posted on: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 $68.5M test site sought for Kauai By John Yaukey Gannett Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — Work on developing a missile defense system for possible use against Iranian weapons would be done on Kaua’i under a special request by Sen. Daniel Inouye and a top U.S. general. Inouye, D-Hawai’i, and… Read more »
Inouye rewarded by lobbyist for his support of the F-22
There is an interesting parallel between recent AP articles about Senator Inouye’s earmarks going to major contributors to his campaign and his support for the F-22 fighter jet. Tony Podesta, one of Washington’s top lobbyists, who lobbied for funding for the F-22, held fundraisers for three of only four Democrats who voted to continue… Read more »
Inouye circumvents defense authorizers to fund missile defense project at PMRF
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/67061-inouye-seeks-missile-defense-project Inouye seeks missile defense project By Roxana Tiron – 11/09/09 07:03 PM ET Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) is trying to bypass defense authorizers in order to fund a missile defense project in his state. Inouye wants to use $68.5 million from last year’s missile defense budget for the construction of an… Read more »
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