US military

Federal Court Bans US Navy From Using Sonar That Harms Marine Mammals

July 18, 2016 Randa Morris, www.addictinginfo.org Resist! Environment, Navy, US military

By Randa Morris for Addicting Info - On Friday a federal appeals court overturned a 2012 ruling which allowed the U.S. Navy to use sonar for training, testing and routine operations. The low-frequency sonar employed by the Navy has been shown to harm dolphins, whales and other marine mammals. Friday’s decision came in response to a lawsuit filed by the Natural Resources Defense Council, which was later joined by environmental groups. The suit alleged that the lower court’s decision to allow the use of sonar was a direct violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act.

In Africa, The U.S. Military Sees Enemies Everywhere

July 14, 2016 Nick Turse, www.theintercept.com Educate! Africa, US military

By Nick Turse for The Intercept - FROM EAST TO WEST across Africa, 1,700 Navy SEALs, Army Green Berets, and other military personnel are carrying out 78 distinct “mission sets” in more than 20 nations, according to documents obtained by The Intercept via the Freedom of Information Act. “The SOCAFRICA operational environment is volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous,” says Brig. Gen. Donald Bolduc, using the acronym of the secretive organization he presides over, Special Operations Command Africa.

Okinawa Is Still Being Exploited By The US

July 5, 2016 Cindy Beringer, www.socialistworker.org Resist! Okinawa, Protests, US military

By Cindy Beringer for Socialist Worker - A crowd numbering in the tens of thousands gathered June 19 in a stadium on the small island of Okinawa in Japan to demand the removal of US military forces. The other demand of the rally was to end plans by the US and Japanese governments to move a major US Marine base from the crowded center of Okinawa to the pristine Northern coast. On the same day as the Okinawa protest, similar demonstrations were planned in 41 of 47 prefectures in Japan, including a rally of 7,000 outside the parliament building in Tokyo.

US Bombing Syrian Troops Would Be Illegal

June 27, 2016 Marjorie Cohn, www.consortiumnews.com Educate! Bombing, Syria, US military

By Marjorie Cohn for Consortium News - In an internal “dissent channel cable,” 51 State Department officers called for “targeted military strikes” against the government of Bashar al-Assad in Syria, a proposal that President Barack Obama has thus far resisted. However, were he to accept the cable’s advice, he would risk a dangerous – possibly catastrophic – confrontation with Russia. And, such a use of military force in Syria would violate U.S. and international law. While the cable decries “the Russian and Iranian governments’ cynical and destabilizing deployment of significant military power to bolster the Assad regime,” the cable calls for the United States to protect and empower “the moderate Syrian opposition,” seeking to overthrow the Syrian government.

One More Warship: Remarks At Launching Of ‘Stealth’ Destroyer

June 21, 2016 Dud Hendrick, www.commondreams.org Resist! US military

By Dud Hendrick for Common Dreams - These are only a few pieces of a history that has earned the U.S. the distinction of being that country deemed to be the greatest threat to world peace according to an international poll. The U.S. garnered 24% of the votes, well ahead of Pakistan, a distant second with only 8% of the votes. No doubt we can attribute this unwanted eminence, in part, to this history I’ve cited as well as to Guantanamo, to Abu Ghraib, to Bagram Detention Facility and to the continuing policy of torture in such places as well as to our targeted assassination program—extra-judicial state-sanctioned murder by drones.

Thousands Protest At US Bases On Okinawa After Japanese Woman’s Murder

June 20, 2016 Justin McCurry, www.theguardian.com Resist! Japan, Murder, Okinawa, Protests, US military

By Justin McCurry for The Guardian - Tens of thousands of people on the Japanese island of Okinawa have taken part in one of the biggest protests against US military bases in recent years, weeks after the arrest of an American base worker in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old local woman. The protesters, many of whom wore black, braved scorching heat to call for an end to the island’s role as host to more than half the 47,000 US troops in Japan.

Senators Vote To Keep Bomber Price Secret

June 15, 2016 Dan Grazier, www.pogo.org Educate! Militarization, Senate, US military

By Dan Grazier for POGO - The Senate Armed Services Committee issued a severe blow to transparency and fiscal responsibility last month. In a closed-door vote, they eliminated a requirement to disclose the development cost of the Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber. The committee members voted 19 to 7 to prevent the American people from knowing how much of their money will be sunk in this latest questionable weapons project. Price estimates released for the program so far should give taxpayers cause for concern.

Okinawan Women Demand US Forces Leave After Rape & Murder

June 14, 2016 Takazato Suzuyo, www.apjjf.org Resist! Japan, Murder, Okinawa, Rape, US military

By Takazato Suzuyo for The Asian-Pacific Journal - A 20-year-old woman missing since late April was found dead on May 16, 2016. The suspect is a former Marine who is a civilian employee of the U.S. military at Kadena Airbase. Local police report that he confessed to the woman’s rape and murder, and told them the location of her corpse. This crime comes barely six weeks after a U.S. sailor assigned to Camp Schwab was arrested for the rape of a Japanese woman in a Naha hotel.

Hundreds Protest Against US Miltary Presence In Japan

June 13, 2016 Staff, www.telesurtv.net Resist! Japan, Protests, US military

By Staff of Tele Sur - Japanese citizens demand the U.S. stop building new military bases and a stronger control of its personnel while in the country. Over a hundred protesters in Japan took to the streets on Sunday to speak out against the U.S. military presence on the island of Okinawa, where U.S. soldiers have outraged locals by engaging in crimes from rape to murder.

U.S. Expands Secret Wars In Africa

June 9, 2016 Justin Yun, www.chimes.biola.edu Educate! Africa, Imperialism, US military, Wars and Militarism

By Justin Yun for Chimes - The secret expansion of U.S. military bases and special operations in Africahas initiated a new and lightweight style of warfare and welcomes the next phase of American military imperialism. Unlike the highly publicized U.S. military “pivot to Asia,” the proliferation of drones, special ops, mercenary spies, classified bases, proxy fighters and cyber warfare constitute what the journalist Nick Turse calls a “new light-footprint Obama doctrine” that “seems to be making war an ever more attractive and seemingly easy option.”

Jeju Navy Base Resistance Continues

June 4, 2016 Bruce K. Gagnon, www.space4peace.blogspot.co.uk Resist! Navy, Protests, US military

By Bruce K. Gagnon for Space 4 Peace - Despite the Navy base on Jeju Island, South Korea now being 'officially' opened, the more than eight years of protests in Gangjeong village still continue. Village leaders, including Jeju Catholic Bishop Kang, have been repeatedly saying that the protests are needed now more than ever. We must work hard to make sure the Navy base is never used in a war, they say.

US Military Returns To Vietnam

May 28, 2016 Bill Van Auken, www.wsws.org Strategize! US military, Vietnam

By Bill Van Auken for WSWS - President Barack Obama’s announcement in Hanoi on Monday that Washington is lifting its four-decade-old arms embargo on Vietnam is described by the media, and Obama himself, as a decisive step in the “normalization” of relations between the US and Vietnam. That process has been ongoing since the restoration of diplomatic relations in 1995. On the military front, the US agreed to sell Vietnam non-lethal military hardware in 2007, and last year it agreed to provide the Vietnamese coastguard with five unarmed patrol boats.

The Coming Drone Blowback

May 27, 2016 John Feffer, www.counterpunch.or Educate! Drones, US military

By John Feffer for Counter Punch - The targeted assassination of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour last weekend wasn’t just another drone strike. First of all, it was conducted by the U.S. military, not the CIA, which has orchestrated nearly all drone strikes in Pakistan. Second, it didn’t take place in Afghanistan or in the so-called lawless tribal region of Pakistan known as the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA. The guided missile turned a white Toyota and its two passengers into a fireball on a well-traveled highway in Balochistan, in southwest Pakistan.

West Point Investigating Photo Of Cadets With Fists Raised

May 9, 2016 Jennifer Peltz, www.AP.org Educate! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Investigation, US military, West Point

By Jennifer Peltz for AP - NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Military Academy has launched an inquiry into a photo showing 16 black, female cadets in uniform with their fists raised, an image that has spurred questions about whether the gesture violates military restrictions on political activity. West Point is looking into whether the photo broke any rules, Spokesman Lt. Col. Christopher Kasker said Saturday. It's unclear how long the inquiry will take and too soon to say what consequences it could have for the cadets, who are poised to graduate May 21.

Pentagon Confirms US Ground Troops In Yemen

May 9, 2016 Jason Ditz, www.news.antiwar.com Educate! Pentagon, US military, Yemen

By Jason Ditz for Anti War - Hot on the heels of yesterday‘s admission that the US has become militarily involved in a second war inside Yemen, this time between the pro-Saudi faction and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), Pentagon officials are also admitting that US ground troops have been deployed inside Yemen, and have been operating there for the past two weeks. The US had previously withdrawn all of its ground troops from Yemen after the ouster of President Hadi by the Shi’ite Houthis in early 2015...

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