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