PRIEST-LED GROUP DEMANDS WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. MILITARY FROM OKINAWA, JAPAN A citizens group let by an American Catholic priest has initiated a postcard signature campaign in English language to petition the U.S. President Barak Obama to requre [t]he immediate and unconditional removal of Futenma Air Base along with the cessation of all [U.S. Marine Corps aircraft] osprey activities and [t]he scraping of all plans for Henoko and Takae to build U.S. military air bases there in Okinawa, islands of an indigenous people in southwestern Japan. Please download the file to print it on a postcard, and send it to President Obama, said Fr. Lasalle Parsons, O.F.M. Cap., of the Citizens United For A Peaceful Okinawa. Read the full text of the postcard file and downloaded it here: jccjp.org/jccjp/ML_files/2014.1.17%20obama%20pcp.pdf About Fr. Lasalle Parsons: capuchin.org/Documents/Donna%20Links/2010%20Jubilees/LaSalle%20Parsons-Jubilee%20Series%2010.pdf Read more about Okinawa in English: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture On Osprey: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_Boeing_V-22_Osprey The Japan Times: Film depicts Okinawans fight against Ospreys August 12, 2013 japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/08/12/national/film-depicts-okinawans-fight-against-ospreys/#.UtjUNDzNtdg Ryukyu Shimpo (one of the two major local newspapers in Okinawa), Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting makes documentary film The Target Village (of Takae) September 5, 2013 english.ryukyushimpo.jp/2013/09/16/11775/ YouTube videos with English subtitles: Henoko, Sit-in on the Sea P1 youtube/watch?v=fy296RaZEa0 P2 youtube/watch?v=WMmbFViet0A P3 youtube/watch?v=g_y5qLiCSxI P4 youtube/watch?v=2nxwweu2RBI
Posted on: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:46:52 +0000
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