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3,000 hold anti-Osprey march near U.S. base in Okinawa
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20121224a9.html3,000 hold anti-Osprey march near U.S. base in Okinawa
Monday, Dec. 24, 2012
Kyodo
NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — A crowd of about 3,000 marched through the streets near a contentious U.S. Marine base in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Sunday to protest its use of the Osprey tilt-rotor transport aircraft.
They also protested the long-stalled plan to keep Marine Corps Air Station Futenma within Okinawa, and a spate of recent incidents involving U.S. servicemen that has rekindled local anger against U.S. troops there.
Residents and supporters were seen demonstrating near the main gate of the base, with some demanding that the controversial MV-22 Osprey and the U.S. military leave Okinawa.
The Marine Corps started conducting Osprey training flights shortly after a dozen of the helicopter-airplane hybrids were deployed there in October.
unhappycamper comment: The Osprey protests in Okinawa have been persistent:
In addition to having pissed off a fair number of the locals (jamming the Osprey down their throats), they are also pissed about US military crime on their soil. Perhaps it's time they revised their Status of Forces Agreement with uncle sam.
