Navy completes withdrawal from Kahoolawe


Pacific Business News reports that "The U.S. Navy expects to remove all personnel and equipment from Kahoolawe on Thursday, according to the state's Kahoolawe Island Reserve Commission."

The Advertiser reports that "Today is the final day of the $400 million cleanup of unexploded ordnance on Kaho'olawe.When the Navy's contractor leaves, it will mark the first time in 63 years that Kaho'olawe will have no controlling U.S. military presence." Also has an article on workers' reactions to the cleanup conclusion.

The Star-Bulletin reports that "The state assumes full control of Kahoolawe today. To ancient Hawaiians, Kahoolawe was a place of refuge. It later was a symbol of wrongs inflicted on the native people and the land. The island was repeatedly occupied to protest the bombing by the military."


Posted: Fri - April 9, 2004 at 01:43 PM    
   
 
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