Army plan to expand Big Island training site criticized
The Advertiser reports that "Army plans to expand
the Pohakuloa Training Area by about 23,000 acres to accommodate a proposed
fast-attack Stryker Brigade met skepticism
and suspicion yesterday at a forum sponsored by Global HOPE, the
Hawai'i Organization for Peace and the Environment. Some speakers among the
audience of about 75 students and others at the University of Hawai'i-Hilo urged
nonviolent protest, lawsuits and
demonstrations to try to block the expansion."
The Big Island alone has more than 50 former military sites, not one of which
has been fully cleaned up.
Posted: Thu - August 28, 2003 at 10:42 AM