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dromarof
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Marines in Okinawa
March 24, 2008 - 01:58 AM
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"Sunday's protest was one of the largest demonstrations against the US military in Okinawa since 1995, when three US servicemen were accused of gang-raping a 12-year-old, sparking efforts to reduce the number of Americans stationed on the island.
"Crimes and accidents due to the bases have happened over and over," the Japanese Kyodo news agency quoted Mitsuko Tomon, the Okinawa city mayor, as saying in his address to protesters.
"Okinawa has protested with intense anger to both the US and Japanese governments."
Participants in the rally called for revisions to the Status of Forces Agreement, which governs the status of US military personnel in Japan that would give Japanese authorities greater legal jurisdiction.
Both Tokyo and Washington have so far rejected demands to revise the pact."
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/087CEE5F-75D7-4348-93E4-3631EEED5853.htm?FRAMELESS=true&NRNODEGUID=%7b087CEE5F-75D7-4348-93E4-3631EEED5853%7d
This post was edited on: 2008-03-24 at 02:01 AM by: dromarof
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Anu maheshwari
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Re: Marines in Okinawa
March 24, 2008 - 12:53 PM
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This thread is being moved to the Peace, Conflict,and Governance Forum where fits better
This post was edited on: 2008-03-24 at 12:54 PM by: anuriandima84
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hekatea
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Re: Marines in Okinawa
March 29, 2008 - 11:17 AM
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We have the same issue here in the Philippines.
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