Military cargo plane and passenger jet nearly collide in Honolulu

Posted May 25, 2007 by kyle

Posted on: Friday, May 25, 2007 It’s close call for C-130, go! jet By Dan Nakaso Advertiser Staff Writer A C-130 military cargo plane came close to crossing the path of a go! passenger jet taking off from Honolulu International Airport at about 100 mph, the Federal Aviation Administration said. “I’ve seen other incidents throughout… Read more »

Abolishing the bases of war: AFSC works to eliminate foreign U.S. military bases

Posted May 17, 2007 by kyle

The following article was published in the AFSC newsletter in 2007 following the inaugural conference of the International Network for the Abolition of Foreign Military Bases in Quito, Ecuador. >><< Abolishing the bases of war AFSC works to eliminate foreign U.S. military bases By KYLE KAJIHIRO Little known to most Americans is the vast scope… Read more »

Sound Effects

Posted April 25, 2007 by kyle

Sound Effects Activists say sonar kills whales. The Navy isn’t listening Bree Ullman Apr 25, 2007 The U.S. Navy’s antisubmarine warfare strategists probably wish they could emulate the way whales and dolphins navigate the ocean depths. How they can penetrate, with high-pitched clicks, what the light spectrum cannot. How they can detect without touching, see… Read more »

Nuclear War and Its Consequences

Posted April 21, 2007 by kyle

http://www.counterpunch.org/johnston04212007.html April 21 / 22, 2007 Reparations (and a Little Justice) for the the People of Rongelap Nuclear War and Its Consequences By BARBARA ROSE JOHNSTON In 1946 the United States detonated two atomic weapons in the Marshall Islands. In 1947, the United Nations designated the Marshall Islands a United States Trust Territory, and over… Read more »

Washed Ashore

Posted April 11, 2007 by kyle

Washed ashore Keith Bettinger Apr 11, 2007 It’s a refrain that has become frighteningly familiar: Relics of a long forgotten military operation turn up where they aren’t supposed to be, causing alarm in the community. An often frustrating and fruitless quest for answers follows, further straining the relationship between the civilian population of Hawai’i and… Read more »

Ex-Soldier charged for woman’s murder, was guilty of similar 1980 murder

Posted April 3, 2007 by kyle

April 3, 2007 Man charged in woman’s death committed similar 1980 murder According to court documents, Darnell Griffin constantly harassed his victim By Rosemarie Bernardo rbernardo@starbulletin.com In 1980, Darnell Griffin harassed Lynn Marie Gherardi after she said she did not want to go out with him again, according to witnesses. On Oct. 10, 1980, Griffin… Read more »

Ex-soldier, with prior murder conviction, arrested for 1999 murder

Posted March 30, 2007 by kyle

KITV.com Darnell Griffin Police Arrest Man In 1999 Murder Case Suspect Previously Convicted Of Murder POSTED: 1:36 pm HST March 30, 2007 HONOLULU — Honolulu police arrested a convicted murder in connection with a murder case that happened in 1999. Darnell Griffin faces charges of second-degree murder in the death of Evelyn Luka. Luka was… Read more »

Former Pearl Harbor MP charged with murder

Posted March 17, 2007 by kyle

Witness tells of Torres’ confession and threats By Debra Barayuga dbarayuga@starbulletin.com Accused murderer Jenaro Torres threatened to kill a former co-worker and her family if she told anyone he had robbed a bank in Hawaii and killed someone, the woman testified. Susan Davis said she believed Torres’ threat, and for nearly six months she kept… Read more »

New Network Forms to Close Foreign U.S. Military Bases

Posted March 15, 2007 by kyle

A New Network Forms to Close U.S. Overseas Military Bases Thursday, 15 March 2007 By Medea Benjamin In a new surge of energy for the global struggle against militarism, some 400 activists from 40 countries came together in Ecuador from March 5-9 to form a network to fight against foreign military bases. The conference began… Read more »

Upside Down World on the No Bases Conference