* Text Fwd from Martha Duenas on April 1, 2011
counterpunch
http://www.counterpunch.org/alcalay03292011.html
March 29, 2011
Living and Dying Downwind
Radiation, Japan and the Marshall Islands
By GLENN ALCALAY
When the dangerous dust and gases settle and we discover just how much radiation escaped the damaged Fukushima reactors and spent fuel rods, we may never know how many people are being exposed to radiation from the burning fuel rods and reactor cores, and how much exposure they will receive over time. Minute and above-background traces of Iodine-131 are already showing up in Tokyo's water supply - 150 miles southwest of the leaking reactors - and in milk and spinach [with a dash of Cesium-137] from 75 miles away. The Japanese government has recently warned pregnant women and children to avoid drinking Tokyo tap water, and I-131 levels 1,200 times above background levels were recorded in seawater near the reactors.
Aside from sharing the dubious distinction of both nations having been at the receiving end of America's nuclear weapons, Japan and the Marshall Islands now share another dubious distinction. The unleashed isotopes of concern from the damaged Japanese reactors - Iodine-131, Cesium-137, Strontium-90 and Plutonium-239 - are well known to the Marshall Islanders living downwind of the testing sites at Bikini and Enewetak atolls in the central Pacific, following sixty-seven A- and H-bombs exploded between 1946-58. In fact, it is precisely these isotopes that continue to haunt the 80,000 Marshallese fifty-three years after the last thermonuclear test in the megaton range shook their pristine coral atolls and contaminated their fragile marine ecosystems.
In fact, it was the irradiated downwind Marshallese on Rongelap and Utrik in 1954 caught in the Bravo fallout - and I-131 - that taught the world about the thyroid effect from the uptake of radioactive iodine.
The U.S.' largest [fusion] hydrogen bomb - Bravo - was 1,000 times the Hiroshima atomic [fission] bomb, and deposited a liberal sprinkling of these and a potent potpourri of 300 other radionuclides over a wide swath of the Central Pacific and the inhabited atolls in the Marshalls archipelago in March 1954 during "Operation Castle."
The Rongelap islanders 120 miles downwind from Bikini received 190 rems [1.9 Sv] of whole-body gamma dose before being evacuated. The Utrik people 320 miles downwind received 15 rems [150 mSv] before their evacuation. Many of the on-site nuclear workers at Fukushima have already exceeded the Utrik dose in multiples.
Also entrapped within the thermonuclear maelstrom from Bravo was the not-so-Lucky Dragon [Fukuryu Maru] Japanese fishing trawler with its crew of twenty-three fishing for tuna near Bikini [see The Voyage of the Lucky Dragon by Ralph Lapp]. As the heavily exposed fishermen's health quickly deteriorated after Bravo, the radio operator Aikichi Kuboyama died of a liver illness six months after his exposure; his is now a household name in Japan and is associated with the "Bikini bomb."
Meanwhile, the Japanese fishing industry was rocked when Geiger counters registered "talking fish" [what the Japanese called the clicking sound of the contaminated fish being monitored] from the 800 pounds of tuna catch of the Lucky Dragon in Yaizu and in local fish markets. Much of the Japanese tuna at the time was caught by a fleet of 1,000 fishing boats operating in the fertile tuna waters near the U.S.' Pacific Proving Ground in the Marshalls.
In response to the plight and symbolism of the Lucky Dragon, Japanese women collected 34 million signatures on petitions advocating the immediate abolition of both atomic and hydrogen bombs in 1955. Pugwash, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-nuclear organization was founded in 1955 by Bertrand Russell and Albert Einstein in response to Bravo. The dangers of radioactive fallout from Bravo inspired Nevil Shute's classic nuclear dystopia On the Beach, as well as Godzilla.
To quell the diplomatic furor - whereby the Japanese representative to the U.N. accused the U.S. in March 1954 of "once again using nuclear weapons against the Japanese people" - the U.S. paid two million dollars to the fishing company which owned the Lucky Dragon; each of the 23 fishermen ended up with the princely sum of $5,000 in 1956 and the tuna company kept the rest.
AEC chair Lewis Strauss (who originally proposed nuclear energy "too cheap to meter" in the post-War Atoms for Peace program) told President Eisenhower's press secretary James Hagerty in April 1954 that the Lucky Dragon was not a fishing boat at all - it was a "Red spy outfit" snooping on the American nuclear tests.
The legacy of latent radiogenic diseases from hydrogen bomb testing in the Marshall Islands provides some clues about what ill-health mysteries await the affected Japanese in the decades ahead. Also, the Marshall Islands provide insight about ecosystem contamination of these dangerous radioactive isotopes, and what this means for the affected Japanese.
Profiles of the four isotopes
o Iodine-131 [radioactive iodine] has a half life of eight days, and concentrates in the thyroid gland about 5,000 times more efficiently than other parts of the body. Traces of I-131 have been discovered in Tokyo drinking water and in seawater offshore from the reactors. It took nine years for the first thyroid tumor to appear among the exposed Marshallese and hypothyroidism and cancer continued to appear decades later.
o Cesium-137 has a half life of thirty years and is a chemical analog of potassium; Cs-137 concentrates in muscle and other parts of the body. Rongelap Island has a new layer of topsoil containing potassium to help neutralize the Cs-137 left over from the H-bomb tests, but the Marshallese residents remain unconvinced and suspicious about the habitability of their long abandoned home atoll. Meanwhile, the U.S. is pressuring hard for their repatriation despite the fact that most islands at Rongelap will remain off limits for many decades with strict dietary restrictions of local foods.
o Strontium-90 has a half life of twenty-eight years, is a chemical analog of calcium and is known as a "bone seeker." Rongelap and the other downwind atolls have residual Sr-90 in their soils, groundwater and marine ecosystems.
o Plutonium-239 has a half life of 24,000 years, is considered one of the most toxic substances on Earth, and if absorbed is a potent alpha emitter that can induce cancer. This isotope too is found in the soils and groundwater of the downwind atolls from the Bikini and Enewetak H-bomb tests.
Lessons from the Marshall Islands
* It took nine years after exposure to the 1954 Bravo fallout for the first thyroid tumor and hypothyroidism to occur in an exposed Utrik woman from the I-131. Several more tumors [and other radiogenic disorders] among the exposed people appeared the following year and every year thereafter. The latency period for thyroid abnormalities and other radiogenic disorders [see below] endures for several decades.
* Because a child's thyroid gland is much smaller than an adult's thyroid, it receives a higher concentration of I-131 than an adult dose. Also, because a child's thyroid gland is growing more quickly than an adult's, it requires and absorbs more iodine [and I-131] than an adult thyroid gland. That is, the thyroid effect is age-related.
* Radioactive Iodine-129 with a half-life of 15 million years and a well-documented capacity to bioaccumulate in the foodchain, will also remain as a persistent problem for the affected Japanese.
* The Majuro-based Nuclear Claims Tribunal was established in 1988 to settle all past and future claims against the U.S. for health injury and property loss damages from the nuclear tests. As of 2006, the NCT had paid out $73 million [of the $91 million awarded] for 1,999 Marshallese claimants. There are thirty-six medical conditions that are presumed to be caused by the nuclear tests [http://www.nuclearclaimstribunal.com]. Eligibility for Marshallese citizens consists of having been in the Marshall Islands during the testing period [1946-58] and having at least one of the presumptive medical disorders.
* The sociocultural and psychological effects [e.g., PTSD] of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will be long-lasting, given the uncertainty surrounding the contamination of their prefecture and beyond. Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton eloquently detailed this uncertain future and fears about "invisible contamination" concerning the Hiroshima and Nagasaki "hibakusha" ["A-bomb survivors"] in his award-winning 1968 magnum opus Death in Life.
* Noted radiation experts John Gofman [co-discoverer of U-232 and U-233 and author of Radiation and Human Health], Karl Z. Morgan [a founder of health physics] and Edward Radford [Chair of the National Academy of Sciences' BEIR III committee and advisor to the Nuclear Claims Tribunal] stated that there is no threshold dose for low level ionizing radiation:
Any amount of ionizing radiation - which is cumulative - can pose a health threat for certain individuals, and especially those with compromised immune systems.
Glenn Alcalay is an adjunct professor of anthropology at Wm Paterson Univ. and Montclair State Univ. in New Jersey. Alcalay was a Peace Corps volunteer on Utrik Atoll in the Marshalls, speaks fluent Marshallese, and has conducted anthropological research re: reproductive abnormalities among the downwind islanders. He can be reached at: alcalayg@wpunj.edu
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[Site Fwd: DMZ Hawai'i] Marshallese confront existential threat with climate change 마샬 군도 인들, 기후 변화와 함께 존재적 위협에 직면
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Marshallese confront existential threat with climate change
Marshallese confront existential threat with climate change
December 7, 2010 by kyle
As reported in the Honolulu Star Advertiser, Marshall Islands delegates to the UN climate change conference in Cancun are confronting unique problems as a nation state that is rapidly disappearing under rising seas. Not only have Marshallese and other Micronesians had to deal with the legacy of imperialism, wars, and nuclear testing; they are now facing extinction as an entire nation due to the greenhouse gas emissions of the industrialized countries:
CANCUN, Mexico >> Encroaching seas in the far Pacific are raising the salt level in the wells of the Marshall Islands. Waves threaten to cut one sliver of an island in two.
“It’s getting worse,” says Kaminaga Kaminaga, the tiny nation’s climate change coordinator.
The rising ocean raises questions, too: What happens if the 61,000 Marshallese must abandon their low-lying atolls? Would they still be a nation? With a U.N. seat? With control of their old fisheries and their undersea minerals? Where would they live, and how would they make a living? Who, precisely, would they and their children become?
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
[국문 번역] Text Fwd:[PRESS RELEASE] Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California [보도 자료]캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다
*Image source: Bruce Gagnon blog 브루스 개그논 블로그 on Sept. 14, 2001 2001년 9월 14일
*Image source 이미지 소스: Mike, Vandenberg Witness 마이크, 밴던버그 증인http://vandenbergwitness.org/photos/main.php?g2_itemId=318
'Minuteman III Protest: Midnight June 28/29, 2009 protest against the launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)–the most destructive first strike missile in the U.S. arsenal. The "successful" target was the Ronald Reagan Missile Test Range, Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific.
'미뉴트맨 III 시위: 2009년 6월 28일/ 29일 자정, 미뉴트맨 III대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험에 항의하는 시위-미국 무기고에서 가장 파괴적인 첫번째 공격 미사일. 그 "성공적인" 목표물은 남태평양 마샬 군도 콰잘렌 환초 로널드 레이건 미사일 실험 구역이였다.
*Image source 이미지 소스: NAPF's albums (Vandenberg AFB protest)(*Informed at 자료 제공: Photos from the June 5 Nuclear Weapons Abolition Day event in MacGregor Eddy's Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command/ Air Force Base blog)
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*Text sent from MacGregor Eddy on Sept. 13, with the title of
맥그리거 에디로부터 9월 13일 , 아래의 제목과 함께 옴
'ICBM launch set for Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein'
9월 15일로 정해진, 밴던버그로부터 콰잘렌으로 가는 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 발사
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Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
핵시대 평화 재단
http://www.wagingpeace.org/
September 13, 2010
2010년 9월 13일
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 즉각적인 보도 요망:
For more information, contact Rick Wayman, rwayman@napf.org . (805) 965-3443
좀 더 많은 정보를 위해서는 릭 웨이만 rwayman@napf.org 에게 연락 (805) 965-3443
Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California
캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다
캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다
Santa Barbara, CA – The US military has announced a test of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base on September 15. The Minuteman missile will carry a “dummy” nuclear warhead from Vandenberg to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The test is scheduled less than three weeks after the official UN International Day against Nuclear Tests (August 29).
캘리포니아 산타 바바라-미국 군대는 9월 15일, 미뉴트맨 III 대륙간탄도 미사일 실험을 할 것을 발표하였다. 미뉴트맨 미사일은 밴던버그로부터 마샬 군도의 콰잘렌 환초에 “모조” 핵 탄두를 나를 것이다. 그 실험은 핵 실험들에 반대하는 유엔 국제일이 공식적으로 있은 지 3 주도 안되어 계획된 것이다 (8월 29일)
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, said, “The US moratorium on nuclear testing remains incomplete as long as we continue testing missiles designed to carry nuclear warheads. Minuteman III missiles are used solely to deliver nuclear warheads.”
데이비드 크리거, 핵 시대 평화 재단의 의장은 “미국의 핵 실험 중지는 핵 탄두들을 나르기 위해 고안된 미사일들을 실험하는 것을 계속하는 한 미완성인 채로 남아 있다. 미뉴트맨 III 미사일들은 단지 핵 탄두들을 싵기 위해 사용된다.” 라고 말했다.
The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation seeks the abolition of all nuclear weapons worldwide. The Foundation calls on the United States and all countries around the world to recognize their full obligation to halt all nuclear testing – not only of the warheads, but also of nuclear- capable missiles. The Preamble to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) calls upon the 189 countries that signed the NPT to facilitate “the elimination from national arsenals of nuclear weapons and the means of their delivery.”
핵 평화 재단은 전 세계 모든 핵무기들을 폐지하려 한다. 이 재단은 미국과 전 세계의 국가들이 모든 핵 실험들을 중단할 완전한 의무를 깨닫기를 요청한다. 비핵확산 조약 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) 서문은 비핵확산 조약에 서명한 189개국들에게 “국가 무기고들로부터 핵무기들및 또한 그것들을 수송하는 수단을 제거하는 것을 촉진할 것을 촉구한다.”
Dr. Krieger added, “The US is demonstrating a stark double standard by condemning missile tests of other nations while continuing to conduct them on a regular basis itself. Continued testing of Minuteman III missiles by the United States sends a provocative message and encourages other countries to pursue their own nuclear weapon and missile delivery programs.”
크리거 박사는 “미국은 다른 나라들의 미사일 실험들을 경멸하면서 주기적으로 그것들을 행하는 적나라한 이중 기준을 보이고 있다. 미국의 계속되는 미뉴트맨 III 미사일 실험들은 다른 나라들이 자신들만의 핵무기들및 미사일 수송 프로그램들을 추구하도록 도발적인 메시지를 보내고 조장한다. “라고 덧붙였다.
There will be a peaceful protest of the US missile launch outside the front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base at 11:55 pm on September 14.
9월 14일 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 바깥에서 미국 미사일 발사 실험에 항의하는 평화적인 시위가 있을 것이다.
For more information or interviews, contact Rick Wayman at (805) 965-3443 or (805) 696-5159.
더 많은 정보 또는 인터뷰는 릭 웨이만에게 연락: (805) 965-3443 또는 (805) 696-5159.
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The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.
핵 시대 평화 재단은 핵 무기들을 제거하고 국제법과 기관들을 강화하고 평화 지도자들의 새로운 세대들을 고무하고 자격을 행사할 수 있도록 전 세계적인 노력을 시작하고 지지한다. 1982년에 창설돤 이 재단은 핵세대의 평화의 엄숙한 명령을 깨닫는 전 세계의 개인들및 조직들로 구성되었다. 핵 시대 평화 재단은 비영리적이고 초당파적인 국제 교욱 후원 조직 기관이다. 이 재단은 유엔 경제 사회 위원회의 협의 지위를 갖고 있으며 유엔에 의해 평화 메신저 조직으로 인정된다.
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위
[국문 번역]Text Fwd: Letters to the U.S. Embassies in Japan and Korea, in opposition against the ICBM launch 대륙간 탄도 미사일 반대, 일본과 한국 미 대사관에 보내는 편지들
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On Sept. 14, M. S. in Japan and S. C. in Korea have sent the letters to the United States embassies in their own countries to show the solidarity with the Vandenberg protesters and opposition against the Minuteman ICBM launch on Sept. 15, 2010 (postponed to Sept. 17, later). The above is M. S. (Japan)'s letter to the United States embassy in Tokyo. M. S. says that 'Unlike in Seoul, the US embassy in Tokyo uses a framed email form' so M. had to send 3 times to send the letter to it. The second is S. C. (Korea)'s email to the United States embassy in Seoul. It is told that Australia activists also sent a letter to the United States embassy in Australia. Otherwise, please see Paik Koo-Han's powerful statement, HERE.
2010년 9월 14일, 일본의 M. S. 와 한국의 S. C.는 자신들 나라의 미 대사관에 밴던버그 시위자들과의 연대 및 2010년 9월 15일(후에 9월 17일로 연기됨)미뉴트맨 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험에 반대를 보이기 위해 편지를 보냈다. 위의 것은 M. S. (일본) 의 도쿄에 있는 미국 대사관에 보내는 편지이다. M. S. 는 “서울과 다르게 도쿄의 미 대사관은 정형화된 이 메일 형식을 사용하고 있어 그 곳에 편지를 세 번 보내야 했다고 말한다. 두번째는 S. C. (남한)의 미 대사관에 보낸 이메일이다. 호주 활동가들도 호주 내 미국 대사관에 편지를 보냈다 한다. 백구한씨의 힘찬 성명서는 여기서 보시길.
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Dear Ambassador S.H. Roos [in Japan]
[일본 주재] 미 대사 S.H. 루스에게
I would like to send you some opposing voices collected in Japan to the Minuteman Ⅲ launch scheduled on Sep.15.
저는 9월 15일 예정된 미뉴트맨 Ⅲ 발사에 반대하여 일본에서 모아진 몇 반대의 목소리들을 보내고 싶습니다.
The list of the names of co-signers against the launch will be sent in the next email, so please never fail to receive that. Though the number is small, that does not mean at all majority of Japanese feel secured by the U.S. ICBMs.
발사에 반대하여 서명에 참여한 이들의 이름들은 다음 이 메일로 보내질 것이므로 반드시 받아 주시길 바랍니다. 그 숫자들이 적더라도 그 것이 대다수의 일본인들이 미국의 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험에 안전함을 느끼는 것임을 결코 의미하지 않습니다.
On the contrary, it would be reasonable for to believe that most of Japanese are sensitive and opposed to any missiles, as they are all capable of delivering nuclear warheads onto East Asia or elsewhere. ICBM test launches continue to be a excessive nuclear threat to our neighbors in this region, preventing them from their long-desired peaceful reunification, the same kind of which Germany has achieved 20 years ago already.
그와 반대로, 대부분의 일본인들은 미사일들이 동아시아 또는 다른 곳에 핵탄두들을 실어나를 수 있음에 따라 어떠한 미사일들에도 예민하며 반대한다고 믿는 것이 합리적입니다. 대륙간 탄도 미사일들은 이 지역 이웃들에게 지나친 핵 위협으로 계속 되고 있읍니다. 그들의 오랫동안 염원했던 평화로운 재통일을 방해하면서요. 독일이 이미 20년 전에 이룩했던 같은 종류의 것 말입니다.
Besides, such launches and nuclear testings in the Pacific have long been giving the islanders and marine lives in the region endurable sufferings and actual harm of various kinds. You may wish to extend your imagination over all such sufferings and harm, by reading the strong and beautiful opposition statement by Koohan Pike of Kauai.
게다가 태평양에서의 그러한 발사들과 핵 실험들은 그 지역 섬주민들과 해양 생물들의 삶들에게 다양한 종류의 견뎌야 하는 고통 및 실재적 피해들을 주고 있읍니다. 당신은 카우아이 백구한씨가 쓴 강하고 아름다운 반대 성명을 읽음으로서 그러한 종류의 고통들과 피해들에 대한 당신의 상상력을 넓하고 싶을 지 모릅니다.
http://www.anatakara.com/petition/enough-already.html
All this knowledge and cooperations have been through tenacious efforts by conscientious U.S. citizens in Vandenberg.
이 모든 지식과 협조들은 밴던버그의 양심적인 미국 시민들의 끈질긴 노력에 의한 것입니다.
However, it is surprising and regrettable that some of them have been threatened by a shameful U.S. law only because of their rightful and peaceful deeds. They are respectable U.S. citizens you should be proud of.
그러나 이 분들 중의 몇 분들이 단지 그들의 정당하고 평화로운 행동들때문에 수치스러운 미국 법에 의해 위협을 받는 것은 놀랍고 유감스런 일입니다. 그 분들은 당신이 자랑스러워야 할 존경스런 미국 시민 들입니다.
http://www.anatakara.com/petition/vandenbergprotest-2010-september.html
We hereby voice, in alliance with peace-loving citizens in the Asia-Pacific region and in the mainland of the USA, our oppositions to this and any further ICBM launches by the United States.
우리는 여기 아시아 태평양 지역과 미국 본토의 평화를 사랑하는 시민들과 연대하여 미국에 의한 이번과 앞으로의 더 많은 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험들에 반대하여 목소리를 냅니다.
Sincerely yours,
성심으로
On behalf of the co-signers,
함께 한 서명자들을 대신하여,
September 14th, 2010,
2010년 9월 14일,
M. S. M. S.
* You can see the 91 co-signers, Japan, in the below site (after 64 Korean signers).
91명 일본 서명자들을 아래 사이트들에서 보실 수 있읍니다(한국 서명자들 64명 다음)
http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/09/text-fwd-solidarity-petitions-from-asia.html
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To: EmbassySeoulPA@state.gov
Atten to: Kathleen Stephens, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea: Koreans demand to stop the dangerous ICBM Missile tests in Vandenberg AFB
직전: 대한민국 미국 대사 캐슬린 스테픈스 앞: 한국인들은 밴던버그 공군 기지의 위험한 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험들을 중단하길 요구합니다.
Embassy of the United States, Seoul
32 Sejongno, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-710
Republic of Korea
서울 주재 미국 대사관
종로구 세종로 32 번지
서울 110-710
대한민국
Dear Ambassador Stephens,
친애하는 스테픈스 대사,
We, Koreans became to learn that the Vandenberg Space Command/ AFB will launch a Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM that delivers the Thermonuclear warhead in the early hours of Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean.
우리 한국인들은 밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지가 9월 15일 이른 시간, 열핵 전쟁 탄두를 나르는 미뉴트맨대륙간 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그로부터 태평양 바다 마샬 군도 콰잘렌 환초로 [실험] 발사할 것을 알게 되었읍니다.
Testing and developing thermonuclear warhead delivery systems is a violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, Article VI. We also hear that many peace-loving people including Fr. Louie Vitale and Sr. Megan Rice who were arrested on August 22 protesting another ICBM launch, have been oppressed during their peaceful protests against such aggressive tests and that some have even got the "lifetime ban and bar." It is a shame for the United States government who self-nominates as the world peacekeeper to conduct such destructive tests and oppress the peaceful voice of its own people.
열핵 전쟁 탄두 수송 시스템을 실험하고 발사하는 것은 비핵확산 조약 6조 위반입니다. 우리는 또한 8월 22일 또다른 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사에 항의하다 체포됐던 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀님을 비롯한 많은 분들이 그러한 공격적인 실험들에 반대한 평화로운 시위들 도중 억압을 받았으며 몇몇은 심지어 "평생 금지 및 방책령."을 받았다는 것을 듣습니다. 세계 평화 지킴이로 자처하는 미국 정부가 그러한 위험한 실험들을 하고 자신의 민중들의 평화로운 목소리를 억압하는 것은 수치스런 일입니다.
The Marshall Islands that is told to be the place where more than 60,000 people live, has been the tragic target of innumerable nuclear and missile tests since 1946, of which the largest nuclear test that the U.S. ever conducted was included, as to be said by the Atomic Energy Commission, as "by far the most contaminated place in the world” in 1956.
6만명 이상이 사는 곳으로 말해지는 마샬 군도는 1946년 이후 무수한 핵과 미사일 실험들의 비극적인 목표물이었으며 그 실험들은 1956년 [미국] 핵 에너지 위원회에 의해 "현재까지 세계에서 가장 오염된 장소"라 말해질 정도로 미국이 이제까지 행했던 가장 큰 핵 실험을 포함했읍니다.
Such tests have destroyed and would threaten not only the precious lives of people there but also the unspeakable lives under the sea such as corals, turtles, shells etc.
그러한 실험들은 그 곳 민중들의 소중한 생명들뿐만 아니라 바다 아래 산호들, 거북이들, 조개들 등 말못하는 생명들을 파괴해왔고 위협할 것입니다.
The corals in the Southeast Asian Sea have been already bleached for the global warming and the diverse ecology system is being destroyed there. It is lamentable that the United States government not only ignores the most urgent issue for the people in the world but also escalates the destruction of the biodiversity system in the Earth with such horrendous tests that would cause great harm to the future generation of human beings.
동남 아시아의 산호들은 이미 지구 온난화로 표백되었으며 그 곳의 다양한 생태 시스템은 파괴되어 가고 있읍니다. 미국 정부가 세계 민중들의 가장 절박한 이슈를 무시할 뿐만이 아니라 인류의 미래 세대에게 커다란 피해를 가져올 그러한 무시무시한 실험들로 지구의 생물 다양성 시스템의 파괴를 촉진한다는 것은 한탄스런 일입니다.
The United States government has bluffed out that such tests are for the provable attacks from Iran or North Korea but normal people with reasonable thoughts can hardly believe that those countries would ever attack the United States who occupies more than half of the defense spending among all the countries’ defense budgets combined. People also know that such bluffs are ultimately for the domination of the United States through chocking-off other countries’ oil lanes, such as China.
미국 정부는 그러한 실험들이 이란 또는 북한의 가능한 공격때문이라 속여 왔지만 합리적인 생각을 가진 정상적인 사람들은 그 나라들이 모든 나라의 합쳐진 국방 지출의 절반 이상을 차지하는 미국을 공격할 거라고 믿을 수가 없읍니다. 민중들은 또한 그러한 허풍들이 궁국적으로, 중국과 같은 다른 나라들의 석유길을 옥죄는 것을 통한, 미국의 지배를 위한 것이란 걸 압니다.
The Asia Pacific and Pacific Ocean is in danger because of reckless United States governments’ greed and lies. Many Koreans now know the news of the Vandenberg launches and shudder by the hypocrisy of the United States government who has always made the scapegoat of North Korea for her nuclear and missile tests.
아시아 태평양과 태평양 바다는 분별없는 미국 정부의 탐욕과 거짓말들로 위험에 처해 있읍니다. 많은 한국인들은 이제 밴던버그 발사들의 소식을 알며 북한의 핵과 미사일 실험들로 북한을 희생양으로 만들었던 미국 정부의 위선에 몸서리칩니다.
Such tests would impede the peaceful dialogues between the United States and North Korea who has long time demanded for it. [These are] Koreans’ demand[s] to the United States government to stop such tests, to close such dangerous bases, to respect the peaceful unification wishes of Korea through peace treaty and to care for the precious lives of human beings and other beings in the Earth.
그러한 실험들은 미국과, 오랫동안 평화로운 대화들을 요구해왔던 북한의, 평화로운 대화들을 방해할 것입니다. 그러한 실험들을 중단하고, 그러한 위험한 기지들을 폐쇄하고, 평화 조약을 통한 코리아의 평화 통일 염원을 존경하고. 지구의 인류 및 다른 존재들의 소중한 생명들을 보살피는 것, 이것들이 코리아인들이 미국 정부에게 요구하는 것입니다.
The Koreans will also watch whether the United States would exercise the guarantee of the free speech right of her own people. If it is proved out that she violates her own constitution and international law, the world will watch and protest to you. The United States government should rather convert the military spending for her own people’s welfare.
코리아인들은 또한 미국이 그 자신 민중들의 자유 발언 권리 보장을 집행하는지를 감시할 것입니다. 만약 미국이 자신 스스로의 헌법과 국제법을 위반한다면 세계는 당신을 감시하고 당신에게 항의할 것입니다. 미국 정부는 오히려 그 자신 민중들의 복지를 위해 군사 지출을 전환해야 합니다.
I trust you that you would sincerely hear the peaceful voice of the people in the world.
저는 당신이 세계 민중들의 평화로운 목소리를 진지하게 들을 거라고 당신을 신뢰합니다.
In peace,
평화로,
S. C. S. C.
on behalf of many peace-loving Koreans
평화를 사랑하는 많은 한국인들을 대신하여
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위
On Sept. 14, M. S. in Japan and S. C. in Korea have sent the letters to the United States embassies in their own countries to show the solidarity with the Vandenberg protesters and opposition against the Minuteman ICBM launch on Sept. 15, 2010 (postponed to Sept. 17, later). The above is M. S. (Japan)'s letter to the United States embassy in Tokyo. M. S. says that 'Unlike in Seoul, the US embassy in Tokyo uses a framed email form' so M. had to send 3 times to send the letter to it. The second is S. C. (Korea)'s email to the United States embassy in Seoul. It is told that Australia activists also sent a letter to the United States embassy in Australia. Otherwise, please see Paik Koo-Han's powerful statement, HERE.
2010년 9월 14일, 일본의 M. S. 와 한국의 S. C.는 자신들 나라의 미 대사관에 밴던버그 시위자들과의 연대 및 2010년 9월 15일(후에 9월 17일로 연기됨)미뉴트맨 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험에 반대를 보이기 위해 편지를 보냈다. 위의 것은 M. S. (일본) 의 도쿄에 있는 미국 대사관에 보내는 편지이다. M. S. 는 “서울과 다르게 도쿄의 미 대사관은 정형화된 이 메일 형식을 사용하고 있어 그 곳에 편지를 세 번 보내야 했다고 말한다. 두번째는 S. C. (남한)의 미 대사관에 보낸 이메일이다. 호주 활동가들도 호주 내 미국 대사관에 편지를 보냈다 한다. 백구한씨의 힘찬 성명서는 여기서 보시길.
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Dear Ambassador S.H. Roos [in Japan]
[일본 주재] 미 대사 S.H. 루스에게
I would like to send you some opposing voices collected in Japan to the Minuteman Ⅲ launch scheduled on Sep.15.
저는 9월 15일 예정된 미뉴트맨 Ⅲ 발사에 반대하여 일본에서 모아진 몇 반대의 목소리들을 보내고 싶습니다.
The list of the names of co-signers against the launch will be sent in the next email, so please never fail to receive that. Though the number is small, that does not mean at all majority of Japanese feel secured by the U.S. ICBMs.
발사에 반대하여 서명에 참여한 이들의 이름들은 다음 이 메일로 보내질 것이므로 반드시 받아 주시길 바랍니다. 그 숫자들이 적더라도 그 것이 대다수의 일본인들이 미국의 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험에 안전함을 느끼는 것임을 결코 의미하지 않습니다.
On the contrary, it would be reasonable for to believe that most of Japanese are sensitive and opposed to any missiles, as they are all capable of delivering nuclear warheads onto East Asia or elsewhere. ICBM test launches continue to be a excessive nuclear threat to our neighbors in this region, preventing them from their long-desired peaceful reunification, the same kind of which Germany has achieved 20 years ago already.
그와 반대로, 대부분의 일본인들은 미사일들이 동아시아 또는 다른 곳에 핵탄두들을 실어나를 수 있음에 따라 어떠한 미사일들에도 예민하며 반대한다고 믿는 것이 합리적입니다. 대륙간 탄도 미사일들은 이 지역 이웃들에게 지나친 핵 위협으로 계속 되고 있읍니다. 그들의 오랫동안 염원했던 평화로운 재통일을 방해하면서요. 독일이 이미 20년 전에 이룩했던 같은 종류의 것 말입니다.
Besides, such launches and nuclear testings in the Pacific have long been giving the islanders and marine lives in the region endurable sufferings and actual harm of various kinds. You may wish to extend your imagination over all such sufferings and harm, by reading the strong and beautiful opposition statement by Koohan Pike of Kauai.
게다가 태평양에서의 그러한 발사들과 핵 실험들은 그 지역 섬주민들과 해양 생물들의 삶들에게 다양한 종류의 견뎌야 하는 고통 및 실재적 피해들을 주고 있읍니다. 당신은 카우아이 백구한씨가 쓴 강하고 아름다운 반대 성명을 읽음으로서 그러한 종류의 고통들과 피해들에 대한 당신의 상상력을 넓하고 싶을 지 모릅니다.
http://www.anatakara.com/petition/enough-already.html
All this knowledge and cooperations have been through tenacious efforts by conscientious U.S. citizens in Vandenberg.
이 모든 지식과 협조들은 밴던버그의 양심적인 미국 시민들의 끈질긴 노력에 의한 것입니다.
However, it is surprising and regrettable that some of them have been threatened by a shameful U.S. law only because of their rightful and peaceful deeds. They are respectable U.S. citizens you should be proud of.
그러나 이 분들 중의 몇 분들이 단지 그들의 정당하고 평화로운 행동들때문에 수치스러운 미국 법에 의해 위협을 받는 것은 놀랍고 유감스런 일입니다. 그 분들은 당신이 자랑스러워야 할 존경스런 미국 시민 들입니다.
http://www.anatakara.com/petition/vandenbergprotest-2010-september.html
We hereby voice, in alliance with peace-loving citizens in the Asia-Pacific region and in the mainland of the USA, our oppositions to this and any further ICBM launches by the United States.
우리는 여기 아시아 태평양 지역과 미국 본토의 평화를 사랑하는 시민들과 연대하여 미국에 의한 이번과 앞으로의 더 많은 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험들에 반대하여 목소리를 냅니다.
Sincerely yours,
성심으로
On behalf of the co-signers,
함께 한 서명자들을 대신하여,
September 14th, 2010,
2010년 9월 14일,
M. S. M. S.
* You can see the 91 co-signers, Japan, in the below site (after 64 Korean signers).
91명 일본 서명자들을 아래 사이트들에서 보실 수 있읍니다(한국 서명자들 64명 다음)
http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/09/text-fwd-solidarity-petitions-from-asia.html
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직전: 대한민국 미국 대사
32 Sejongno, Jongno-gu
Seoul 110-710
Republic of Korea
서울 주재 미국 대사관
종로구 세종로 32 번지
서울
대한민국
Dear Ambassador Stephens,
친애하는 스테픈스 대사,
We, Koreans became to learn that the Vandenberg Space Command/ AFB will launch a Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM that delivers the Thermonuclear warhead in the early hours of Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein Atoll Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean.
우리 한국인들은 밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지가 9월 15일 이른 시간, 열핵 전쟁 탄두를 나르는 미뉴트맨
Testing and developing thermonuclear warhead delivery systems is a violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, Article VI. We also hear that many peace-loving people including Fr. Louie Vitale and Sr. Megan Rice who were arrested on August 22 protesting another ICBM launch, have been oppressed during their peaceful protests against such aggressive tests and that some have even got the "lifetime ban and bar." It is a shame for the United States government who self-nominates as the world peacekeeper to conduct such destructive tests and oppress the peaceful voice of its own people.
열핵 전쟁 탄두 수송 시스템을 실험하고 발사하는 것은 비핵확산 조약 6조 위반입니다. 우리는 또한 8월 22일 또다른
The Marshall Islands that is told to be the place where more than 60,000 people live, has been the tragic target of innumerable nuclear and missile tests since 1946, of which the largest nuclear test that the U.S. ever conducted was included, as to be said by the Atomic Energy Commission, as "by far the most contaminated place in the world” in 1956.
6만명 이상이 사는 곳으로 말해지는 마샬 군도는 1946년 이후 무수한 핵과 미사일 실험들의 비극적인 목표물이었으며 그 실험들은
Such tests have destroyed and would threaten not only the precious lives of people there but also the unspeakable lives under the sea such as corals, turtles, shells etc.
그러한 실험들은 그 곳 민중들의 소중한 생명들뿐만 아니라 바다 아래 산호들, 거북이들, 조개들 등 말못하는 생명들을 파괴해왔고 위협할 것입니다.
The corals in the Southeast Asian Sea have been already bleached for the global warming and the diverse ecology system is being destroyed there. It is lamentable that the United States government not only ignores the most urgent issue for the people in the world but also escalates the destruction of the biodiversity system in the Earth with such horrendous tests that would cause great harm to the future generation of human beings.
동남 아시아의 산호들은 이미
The United States government has bluffed out that such tests are for the provable attacks from Iran or North Korea but normal people with reasonable thoughts can hardly believe that those countries would ever attack the United States who occupies more than half of the defense spending among all the countries’ defense budgets combined. People also know that such bluffs are ultimately for the domination of the United States through chocking-off other countries’ oil lanes, such as China.
미국 정부는 그러한 실험들이 이란 또는 북한의 가능한 공격때문이라 속여 왔지만 합리적인 생각을 가진 정상적인 사람들은 그 나라들이 모든 나라의 합쳐진 국방 지출의 절반 이상을 차지하는 미국을 공격할 거라고 믿을 수가 없읍니다. 민중들은 또한 그러한 허풍들이 궁국적으로, 중국과 같은 다른 나라들의 석유길을 옥죄는 것을 통한, 미국의 지배를 위한 것이란 걸 압니다.
The Asia Pacific and Pacific Ocean is in danger because of reckless United States governments’ greed and lies. Many Koreans now know the news of the Vandenberg launches and shudder by the hypocrisy of the United States government who has always made the scapegoat of North Korea for her nuclear and missile tests.
아시아 태평양과 태평양 바다는 분별없는 미국 정부의 탐욕과 거짓말들로 위험에 처해 있읍니다. 많은 한국인들은 이제 밴던버그 발사들의 소식을 알며 북한의 핵과 미사일 실험들로 북한을 희생양으로 만들었던 미국 정부의 위선에 몸서리칩니다.
Such tests would impede the peaceful dialogues between the United States and North Korea who has long time demanded for it. [These are] Koreans’ demand[s] to the United States government to stop such tests, to close such dangerous bases, to respect the peaceful unification wishes of Korea through peace treaty and to care for the precious lives of human beings and other beings in the Earth.
그러한 실험들은 미국과, 오랫동안 평화로운 대화들을 요구해왔던 북한의, 평화로운 대화들을 방해할 것입니다.
The Koreans will also watch whether the United States would exercise the guarantee of the free speech right of her own people. If it is proved out that she violates her ow
코리아인들은 또한 미국이 그 자신 민중들의 자유 발언 권리 보장을 집행하는지를 감시할 것입니다. 만약 미국이 자신 스스로의 헌법과 국제법을 위반한다면 세계는 당신을 감시하고 당신에게 항의할 것입니다. 미국 정부는 오히려 그 자신 민중들의 복지를 위해 군사 지출을 전환해야 합니다.
저는 당신이 세계 민중들의 평화로운 목소리를 진지하게 들을 거라고 당신을 신뢰합니다.
In peace,
평화로,
S. C.
on behalf of many peace-loving Koreans
평화를 사랑하는 많은 한국인들을 대신하여
* Related blog 관련 블로그
Saturday, September 4, 2010
[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위
Saturday, September 4, 2010
[국문 번역Text Fwd: famoksaiyanfriends] Protest against the Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM, Vandenberg 밴던버그 미 우주 사령부 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험]에 반대하는 시위
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Update10 엎데이트10
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 2010년 10월 1일
[Vandenberg Update] November 18 trial of Fr. Louie Vitale and Sr. Megan Rice in Santa Barbara
[밴던버그 엎데이트] 산타 바바라에서 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀님, 11월 18일 재판
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Update9 엎데이트9
Sunday, September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Vandenberg launches Minotaur IV
밴던버그 미노타우르 IV 발사 [성공시킴]
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Update8 엎데이트8: September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Minotaur IV Rocket goes up Sept 25, with Space Surveillance satellite
미노타르 IV 로켓, 우주 감시 위성을 싣고 9 월 25일 발사
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Update7 엎데이트 7: September 21, 2010 2010년 9월 21일
Team Vandenberg launches Atlas V [on Sept. 20]
밴던버그 팀 아틀라스 V 로켓 발사 [9월 20 일]
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Update6 엎데이트6: Sept. 19, 2010 2010년 9월 19일
U.S. ICBM Hits Target Near Guam [on Sept. 17](click)
[국문 번역]미 공군 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 괌 남서 쪽을 명중하다 [9월 17일](클릭)
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Update5 엎데이트5: Sept. 17, 2010 2010 년 9월 17일
Saturday, September 18, 2010
[Vandenberg Update] Sept 20 Vandenberg will launch at Atlas rocket(click)
밴던버그, 9월 20일, 미 국가 정찰국 위성을 위해 아틀라스 로켓 발사(클릭)
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Update4 엎데이트4: Sept. 15, 2010 2010년 9월 15일
[Vandenberg Update]: Sept 15 ICBM launch postponed to Sept 17(Click)
[국문 번역]밴던버그 엎데이트: 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 발사, 9월 17일로 연기(클릭)
& Jorge Manly-Gil, charges dropped! Frist amendment rights still at risk(click).
[국문 번역]& 조지 맨리-길 고소 취하됨, 첫번째 [미국 헌법] 수정 조항 상 권리 아직도 위험함(클릭)
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Update3 엎데이트3: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Text Fwd:[Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: PRESS RELEASE] Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California(Click)
[핵 새대 평화 재단 보도 자료]캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다(클릭)
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Update2 엎데이트2: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Letters to the U.S. Embassies in Japan and Korea, in opposition against the ICBM launch(Click)
대륙간 탄도 미사일 반대, 일본과 한국 미 대사관에 보내는 편지들(클릭)
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Update1 엎데이트1: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[영/국문] Solidarity Petitioners from the Asia Pacific for the Vandenberg Protest on Sept. 15, 2010(Click)
9월 15일 밴던버그 시위자들을 위한 아시아 태평양의 지지 연대 서명자들(클릭)
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Statement 성명서 [Koohan Paik]statement in support of the ICBM-launch protest (Sept. 7, 2010)
[국문 번역] [백구한] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험 반대를 지지하는 성명서(2010년 9월 7일)
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Solidarity sign by Sept. 13, 2010!
* Image slide by MacGregor Eddy, Stop Sept 15 ICBM launch
* 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사를 중단하기 위한 맥그리거 에디의 이미지 슬라이드
슬라이드 자막 번역
1. [시위 사진]자정 시위
배너: 핵무기들을 제거하기 위한 핵 폐지 2000, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크_ 핵 반대! 전쟁 반대!
2. [발사 사진] 9월 14일 [밤] 미뉴트맨III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험] 에 반대하는 시위를 하라!
3. [도해]태평양을 넘어 마샬 군도로!
4. [발사 사진] 시위는 [2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 앞에 있다.
5. [사진]밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 정문 [모습]
6. [글씨]열핵(원자 핵융합) 탄두 운반 시스템 실험 및 개발은 비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.
7. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 로고]: 밴던버그 우주 사령부는 캘리포니아 주 산타 바바라 읍 고속도로 1 에서 롬폭으로부터 6마일 떨어진 곳에 있다.
8. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 지도]: 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵무기 운송 시스템이다.
9. [사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 모습
10. [핵탄두 사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵탄두를 나른다
11. [도해] 미뉴트맨 III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM)_ 높은 속도
12. [도해] 발사 단계
13 [단계별 도해] 실험 발사들은 태평양으로 간다.
14. [콰잘렌 환초 위치 지도]그리고 콰잘렌 환초 마샬 군도에 도달
15. [시위 사진] 구호: '미사일 발사 반대,'' 전쟁은 어린이들이나 다른 살아 있는 것들을 위해 건강하지 않다.'
16. [시위 사진] [시작된 지] 25년 이후 아직도 비도적인 미사일 실험, 평화를 원한다면 전쟁을 위해 지불하지 마세요.
17. [체포 사진] 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀는 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험에 항의하다 8월 22일 체포되었다.
18. [발사 모습 사진]밴던버그는 미국에서 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 실험하는 유일한 장소이다.
19. [로고]국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹
20. [2009년 우주 평화 주 포스터] 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크
21. [인물 사진] 서부 주 법 재단
22.[사진 및 로고] 전쟁 저항자 연맹 및 트라이 계곡 보호 그룹
23. [버스 안내] 전세 버스는 샌프란시스코 베이 지역 출발, 오클랜드, 팔로 알토, 살리나스, 산타 크루즈에 정차 (편한 녹색 버스)
24. 단 하룻밤 (이틀아닌!) 버스는 9월 14일 밤에 떠나 9월 15일 오전 8시에 돌아감. 밴던버그 공군 기지에는 자정에 도착
25. [맥그리거 에디 사진] 이 슬라이드 쇼는 맥그리거 에디에 의한 것으로 실수가 있다면 [맥그리거 에디]의 것입니다.
macgregoreddy@gmail.com
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* Text fwd from Martha Duenas on Sept. 3, 2010 마사 두에나스, 2010년 9월 3일 알림
from Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command/Air Force Base blog (click):
밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 앞 평화 시위 블로그(클릭)
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 2010년 2월 3일
[SAVE 8 Vandenberg Arrested] Text Fwd: PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ROUGHED UP, ARRESTED BY OBAMA'S PENTAGON [밴던버그] 평화적인 시위자들, 오바마의 미 국방부에 의해 거칠게 다루어지고 체포되다.
Friday, November 6, 2009 2009년 11월 6일
Text Fwd: USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands 미국 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 마샬 군도로 2009년 11월 18일 발사할 것임
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2009년 5월 6일
[Korean translated] Solidarity Statement & petition for MacGregor Eddy and Vandenberg protest, May 5, 2009 맥그리거 에디와 밴던버그 시위를 위한 연대 성명 및 청원
:마우스를 내려가면 국문 번역이 있읍니다. 참고하시길. 밴 던버그 기지의 미사일 실험 발사는 2009년 6월, 8월 23일에도 진행되었고 5월 5일에는 우주 전쟁 위성을 탑재한 델타 II 로켓을 발사한 바 있읍니다. ( 미국이 북한의 합법적 인공 위성을 비판한 직후) 그 때 재외 교포를 포함, 195명 한국인의 서명 운동이 진행되기도 했읍니다. 여기를 참고하시길.
On all the other blogs on the Vandenberg, click here (33)
밴던버그에 관한 모든 블로그는 여기를 클릭하시길 (33).
Update10 엎데이트10
Friday, Oct. 1, 2010 2010년 10월 1일
[Vandenberg Update] November 18 trial of Fr. Louie Vitale and Sr. Megan Rice in Santa Barbara
[밴던버그 엎데이트] 산타 바바라에서 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀님, 11월 18일 재판
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Update9 엎데이트9
Sunday, September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Vandenberg launches Minotaur IV
밴던버그 미노타우르 IV 발사 [성공시킴]
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Update8 엎데이트8: September 26, 2010 2010년 9월 26일
Minotaur IV Rocket goes up Sept 25, with Space Surveillance satellite
미노타르 IV 로켓, 우주 감시 위성을 싣고 9 월 25일 발사
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Update7 엎데이트 7: September 21, 2010 2010년 9월 21일
Team Vandenberg launches Atlas V [on Sept. 20]
밴던버그 팀 아틀라스 V 로켓 발사 [9월 20 일]
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Update6 엎데이트6: Sept. 19, 2010 2010년 9월 19일
U.S. ICBM Hits Target Near Guam [on Sept. 17](click)
[국문 번역]미 공군 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 괌 남서 쪽을 명중하다 [9월 17일](클릭)
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Update5 엎데이트5: Sept. 17, 2010 2010 년 9월 17일
Saturday, September 18, 2010
[Vandenberg Update] Sept 20 Vandenberg will launch at Atlas rocket(click)
밴던버그, 9월 20일, 미 국가 정찰국 위성을 위해 아틀라스 로켓 발사(클릭)
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Update4 엎데이트4: Sept. 15, 2010 2010년 9월 15일
[Vandenberg Update]: Sept 15 ICBM launch postponed to Sept 17(Click)
[국문 번역]밴던버그 엎데이트: 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 발사, 9월 17일로 연기(클릭)
& Jorge Manly-Gil, charges dropped! Frist amendment rights still at risk(click).
[국문 번역]& 조지 맨리-길 고소 취하됨, 첫번째 [미국 헌법] 수정 조항 상 권리 아직도 위험함(클릭)
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Update3 엎데이트3: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Text Fwd:[Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: PRESS RELEASE] Nuclear Missile Testing Continues in California(Click)
[핵 새대 평화 재단 보도 자료]캘리포니아에서 핵 미사일 실험 계속되다(클릭)
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Update2 엎데이트2: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[국문 번역] Letters to the U.S. Embassies in Japan and Korea, in opposition against the ICBM launch(Click)
대륙간 탄도 미사일 반대, 일본과 한국 미 대사관에 보내는 편지들(클릭)
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Update1 엎데이트1: Sept. 14, 2010 2010년 9월 14일
[영/국문] Solidarity Petitioners from the Asia Pacific for the Vandenberg Protest on Sept. 15, 2010(Click)
9월 15일 밴던버그 시위자들을 위한 아시아 태평양의 지지 연대 서명자들(클릭)
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Statement 성명서 [Koohan Paik]statement in support of the ICBM-launch protest (Sept. 7, 2010)
[국문 번역] [백구한] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 실험 반대를 지지하는 성명서(2010년 9월 7일)
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Solidarity sign by Sept. 13, 2010!
* Image slide by MacGregor Eddy, Stop Sept 15 ICBM launch
* 9월 15일 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사를 중단하기 위한 맥그리거 에디의 이미지 슬라이드
슬라이드 자막 번역
1. [시위 사진]자정 시위
배너: 핵무기들을 제거하기 위한 핵 폐지 2000, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크_ 핵 반대! 전쟁 반대!
2. [발사 사진] 9월 14일 [밤] 미뉴트맨III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사 [실험] 에 반대하는 시위를 하라!
3. [도해]태평양을 넘어 마샬 군도로!
4. [발사 사진] 시위는 [2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 앞에 있다.
5. [사진]밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 정문 [모습]
6. [글씨]열핵(원자 핵융합) 탄두 운반 시스템 실험 및 개발은 비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.
7. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 로고]: 밴던버그 우주 사령부는 캘리포니아 주 산타 바바라 읍 고속도로 1 에서 롬폭으로부터 6마일 떨어진 곳에 있다.
8. [밴던버그 우주 사령부 지도]: 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵무기 운송 시스템이다.
9. [사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험 모습
10. [핵탄두 사진] 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM) 은 핵탄두를 나른다
11. [도해] 미뉴트맨 III 대륙간 탄도 미사일 (ICBM)_ 높은 속도
12. [도해] 발사 단계
13 [단계별 도해] 실험 발사들은 태평양으로 간다.
14. [콰잘렌 환초 위치 지도]그리고 콰잘렌 환초 마샬 군도에 도달
15. [시위 사진] 구호: '미사일 발사 반대,'' 전쟁은 어린이들이나 다른 살아 있는 것들을 위해 건강하지 않다.'
16. [시위 사진] [시작된 지] 25년 이후 아직도 비도적인 미사일 실험, 평화를 원한다면 전쟁을 위해 지불하지 마세요.
17. [체포 사진] 루이 비탈 신부님과 메간 라이스 수녀는 대륙간 탄도 미사일 실험에 항의하다 8월 22일 체포되었다.
18. [발사 모습 사진]밴던버그는 미국에서 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 실험하는 유일한 장소이다.
19. [로고]국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹
20. [2009년 우주 평화 주 포스터] 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크
21. [인물 사진] 서부 주 법 재단
22.[사진 및 로고] 전쟁 저항자 연맹 및 트라이 계곡 보호 그룹
23. [버스 안내] 전세 버스는 샌프란시스코 베이 지역 출발, 오클랜드, 팔로 알토, 살리나스, 산타 크루즈에 정차 (편한 녹색 버스)
24. 단 하룻밤 (이틀아닌!) 버스는 9월 14일 밤에 떠나 9월 15일 오전 8시에 돌아감. 밴던버그 공군 기지에는 자정에 도착
25. [맥그리거 에디 사진] 이 슬라이드 쇼는 맥그리거 에디에 의한 것으로 실수가 있다면 [맥그리거 에디]의 것입니다.
macgregoreddy@gmail.com
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* Text fwd from Martha Duenas on Sept. 3, 2010 마사 두에나스, 2010년 9월 3일 알림
from Peace Protests at Vandenberg Space Command/Air Force Base blog (click):
밴던버그 우주 사령부/ 공군 기지 앞 평화 시위 블로그(클릭)
Midnight Protest of ICBM Launch at 11:55 pm Sept 14
aka midnight Sept 15, [2010].
대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사에 반대하는 자정 시위가
[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정) 있읍니다.
Vandenberg will launch a Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM in the early hours of Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein. [This launch is to the Marshall Islands]
밴던버그 [미공군 기지]는 9월 15일 이른 시각에 미뉴트맨III 고속 고체 연료로 된 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그로부터 콰잘렌 환초로 발사 [실험]하려 합니다. [이 발사는 마샬 군도로 갑니다]
Protest at the front gate 11:55 pm Sept 14 (aka midnight Sept. 15th)
[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정)에 [밴던버그 공군 기지 앞에서] 시위를 합니다.
Call 831 206 5043. This is a scheduled protest, check this blog for possible cancellation if the launch is cancelled.
831 206 5043 으로 전화하세요. 이는 예정된 시위입니다. 발사가 취소될 수 있으니 이 블로그를 체크하시길.
a violation of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, Article VI
aka midnight Sept 15, [2010].
대륙간 탄도 미사일 발사에 반대하는 자정 시위가
[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정) 있읍니다.
Vandenberg will launch a Minuteman III high speed solid fuel ICBM in the early hours of Sept 15 from Vandenberg to Kwajalein. [This launch is to the Marshall Islands]
밴던버그 [미공군 기지]는 9월 15일 이른 시각에 미뉴트맨III 고속 고체 연료로 된 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그로부터 콰잘렌 환초로 발사 [실험]하려 합니다. [이 발사는 마샬 군도로 갑니다]
Protest at the front gate 11:55 pm Sept 14 (aka midnight Sept. 15th)
[2010년] 9월 14일 밤 11시 55분 부터 (15일 밤 자정)에 [밴던버그 공군 기지 앞에서] 시위를 합니다.
Call 831 206 5043. This is a scheduled protest, check this blog for possible cancellation if the launch is cancelled.
831 206 5043 으로 전화하세요. 이는 예정된 시위입니다. 발사가 취소될 수 있으니 이 블로그를 체크하시길.
Testing and developing thermonuclear warhead delivery systems is
열핵(원자 핵융합) 탄두 운반 시스템 실험 및 개발은
비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.
비핵확산 조약 6조 위반이다.
The UPFJ/ Disarmament working group, Nevada Desert Experience, WILPF and the War Resisters League are sponsoring the protest
평화와 정의를 위한 연합 작업 그룹, 네바다 사막 경험, 서부 주 법 재단, 국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹그리고 전쟁 저항자 연맹이 시위 후원.
Check www.macgregoreddy.com blog to comment and sign up for the Green Tortoise bus.
코멘트나 대절 버스 서명은 www.macgregoreddy.com 블로그를 체크하시길.
평화와 정의를 위한 연합 작업 그룹, 네바다 사막 경험, 서부 주 법 재단, 국제 평화와자유를 위한 여성 연맹그리고 전쟁 저항자 연맹이 시위 후원.
Check www.macgregoreddy.com blog to comment and sign up for the Green Tortoise bus.
코멘트나 대절 버스 서명은 www.macgregoreddy.com 블로그를 체크하시길.
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* Image Source 이미지 소스: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009 2009년 7월 14일 밴던버그 증인의 마이크,
'Kwajalein Atoll - Marshall Islands. The Marshallese people were removed
from Kwajalein because of U.S. missile testing.'
'콰잘렌 환초-마샬 군도. 마샬 군도 인들은 미국 미사일 실험으로 콰잘렌 환초로부터 제거됨."
See also 또한:
Marianas Variety마리아나스 버라이어티
The Urgent Islands 절박한 섬들
Editiorial 편집자 논단
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 2010년 8월 31일
(* Forwarded by Martha Duenas on Sept. 4, 2010 2010년 9월 4일 마사 두에나스보냄)
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* Related blogs 관련 블로그들
* Image Source 이미지 소스: Mike, Vandenberg Witness, July 14, 2009 2009년 7월 14일 밴던버그 증인의 마이크, 'Kwajalein Atoll - Marshall Islands. The Marshallese people were removed
from Kwajalein because of U.S. missile testing.'
'콰잘렌 환초-마샬 군도. 마샬 군도 인들은 미국 미사일 실험으로 콰잘렌 환초로부터 제거됨."
See also 또한:
Marianas Variety마리아나스 버라이어티
The Urgent Islands 절박한 섬들
Editiorial 편집자 논단
Tuesday, 31 August 2010 2010년 8월 31일
(* Forwarded by Martha Duenas on Sept. 4, 2010 2010년 9월 4일 마사 두에나스보냄)
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* Related blogs 관련 블로그들
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 2010년 2월 3일
[SAVE 8 Vandenberg Arrested] Text Fwd: PEACEFUL PROTESTERS ROUGHED UP, ARRESTED BY OBAMA'S PENTAGON [밴던버그] 평화적인 시위자들, 오바마의 미 국방부에 의해 거칠게 다루어지고 체포되다.
Friday, November 6, 2009 2009년 11월 6일
Text Fwd: USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands 미국 대륙간 탄도 미사일을 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 마샬 군도로 2009년 11월 18일 발사할 것임
Wednesday, May 6, 2009 2009년 5월 6일
[Korean translated] Solidarity Statement & petition for MacGregor Eddy and Vandenberg protest, May 5, 2009 맥그리거 에디와 밴던버그 시위를 위한 연대 성명 및 청원
:마우스를 내려가면 국문 번역이 있읍니다. 참고하시길. 밴 던버그 기지의 미사일 실험 발사는 2009년 6월, 8월 23일에도 진행되었고 5월 5일에는 우주 전쟁 위성을 탑재한 델타 II 로켓을 발사한 바 있읍니다. ( 미국이 북한의 합법적 인공 위성을 비판한 직후) 그 때 재외 교포를 포함, 195명 한국인의 서명 운동이 진행되기도 했읍니다. 여기를 참고하시길.
On all the other blogs on the Vandenberg, click here (33)
밴던버그에 관한 모든 블로그는 여기를 클릭하시길 (33).
Sunday, June 6, 2010
Text Fwd: [Vandenberg Witness] a Minuteman III (ICBM) from Vandenberg AFB on June 6, 2010
* Image source: Vandenberg WitnessOn June 6, 2010, the United States plans to launch a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the California central coast. The missile will likely carry one or more “unarmed” warheads to the Ronald Reagan Test Site in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The launch, the first of two planned for the month of June, will come just nine days after the completion of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference at the United Nations.
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President, David Krieger, who attended the NPT Review Conference earlier this month, said, “U.S. testing so close to the end of the NPT Review Conference will make many countries doubt our sincerity in fulfilling our nuclear disarmament obligations under the NPT. President Obama has said that he wants to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in US security policy, but tests such as this one suggest that we are continuing with business as usual.”
Krieger continued, “When any country tests long-range missiles and nuclear weapons, it is more than just a test. It is a message to the world and perhaps to specific countries; it says in effect, ‘This is what we can do to you.’ If the US wants to lead the way to a world free of nuclear weapons, it needs to stop sending such provocative messages. In the US we are very aware of such messages when other countries test. We seem to have a blind spot in our thinking about our
own tests.” For more info contact Rick Wayman at rwayman@napf.org or call (805) 965 3443
There will be a protest at the front gate of Vandenberg on Saturday, June 5 at 1:00 pm to oppose the upcoming ICBM tests. David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and Andrew Lichterman of the Western States Legal Foundation will speak at the event. June 5 is
“Nuclear Abolition Day,” with events promoting the abolition of nuclear weapons taking place in cities around the world. For more information on Nuclear Abolition Day, including the protest event in Los Angeles, please visit Nuclear Abolition Day Web Site
Friday, February 12, 2010
Text fwd: Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans
* Text fwd by Jean Downy and Corazon Valdez Fabros on Feb. 12, 2010
Foreign Policy in Focus
Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans
By Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, February 10, 2010
This March, the Obamas will touch down in the U.S. territory of Guam, en route to Australia and Indonesia. It’s a big deal for this tiny Pacific island seven-and-a-half hours by plane from Hawaii and, according to airport placards, “where America’s day begins.” Two senators from Guam, Judith P. Guthertz and Rory J. Respicio, have already written to ask the president “to meet a few of your fellow Americans,” instead of the typical orchestrated “pit stop” behind the gates of Andersen Air Force Base.
Obama’s stop-over may be designed to smooth the difficult road ahead for the U.S. military. The Pentagon is shifting bases and soldiers in the Asia Pacific — not surprisingly, without consent of the residents of these countries. But it’s not just local people in Guam, South Korea, Okinawa, and elsewhere who are affected by the increased militarization of the region. The natural environment is at risk through military contamination and through the high military use of oil, an important factor in climate change.
Guam-Okinawa Connection
The Bush administration made plans to shift 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa (Japan) to Guam. In addition to support staff, contractors and family members, the total number will be closer to 50,000 people.
This overall deal between the United States and Japan is estimated to cost $26 billion, with the tab largely picked up by Japan. According to the agreement, the Japanese government must fund a new state-of-the-art Marines base to be built alongside an endangered coral reef in Nago (northern Okinawa). This new facility would replace Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, which is currently situated in a dense urban area. The land would then return to Okinawa — presumably after the cleanup of environmental contamination — and 8,000 Marines would go to Guam.
Okinawans have been campaigning for years to be rid of U.S. bases, which were established at the end of World War II. These bases have been the source of noise and environmental pollution, accidents, and crime committed by U.S. soldiers, including violence against women and girls. In a 1998 referendum, Nago voters opposed the new base. When Japanese authorities tried to go ahead with the plan, activists took to their kayaks and fishing boats to block construction, and ultimately disrupted exploratory drilling of the coral reef. The Japanese government tried to find another location in Okinawa or even mainland Japan, but no community agreed to have the new Marines base in their area.
Despite the efforts of the two governments, democracy continues to get in the way of this multi-billion dollar deal between Washington and Tokyo.
On August 30, 2009, the patient and determined campaigning by the Japanese peace movement paid off. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which promised to review the U.S.-Japan military alliance, defeated the ruling coalition that had been in power for over 50 years. Many of the newly elected representatives criticized Japanese acquiescence toward U.S. foreign policy; others resented U.S. “occupation mentality.” In response, both U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Obama made hasty visits to Tokyo, invoking the importance of the alliance and pressing the new government to keep the Okinawa-Guam deal afloat. But the tide of public opinion had turned; the Japanese media branded Gates a “bully” and bridled at such “high-handed treatment.”
The political momentum against the relocation of the U.S. Marines base has continued to build. At the end of January 2010, Nago voters elected a mayor who is also against the base. Japanese representatives came to Washington to meet with their congressional counterparts, while in Tokyo thousands protested the proposed Marines base, thus reopening what the military assumed was a done deal.
Resistance in Guam
Despite increasing opposition to the transfer of thousands of U.S. troops, the people of Guam are constrained in their ability to influence the political process. Since the Spanish-American War of 1898, the United States has controlled Guam (or Guåhan in the Chamorro language). With a population of 173,456 represented by one non-voting delegate in the U.S. Congress, the island is one of 16 remaining non-self-governing territories listed by the United Nations. Residents are U.S. citizens, but they are not entitled to vote in presidential elections. Most federal-territorial affairs are made in Washington, nearly 8,000 miles away.
The voices of the Guam Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders have been elevated in this process. In their view, the militarization of the island is the only viable boost to Guam’s weak economy. Contractors, from Washington, DC and Hawaii to the Philippines and Japan, are jockeying for a piece of the action. "On Capitol Hill, the conversation has been restricted to whether the jobs expected from the military construction should go to the mainland Americans, foreign workers or Guam residents," says Democracy Now reporter Juan Gonzalez. "But we rarely hear the voices and concerns of the indigenous people of Guam, who constitute over a third of the island’s population."
The U.S. military already takes up a third of the island. The additional troops will bring this up to 40 percent. Formed from two volcanoes, Guam’s rocky core constitutes an unsinkable aircraft carrier, 30 miles long and eight miles wide. Not only is the economy geared toward servicing the military, the bases are now occupying once productive land. Prior to WWII, Guam was self-sufficient in agriculture. Today, the island imports 90 percent of its food.
Listen to the People
Following the Nago election, The Washington Post quoted Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander of U.S. Marine forces in the Pacific as saying, "National security policy cannot be made in towns and villages."
Really? Do national security and military objectives trump democracy?
Obama is both commander-in-chief of the U.S. military and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. His experience growing up in Hawaii and working as a community organizer also uniquely qualify him to listen to Guam senators and community members such as We Are Guåhan, a grassroots organization. We Are Guåhan include the voices of people from diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds, who advocate for transparency and democratic participation in decisions regarding the future of their island. Obama should hear their deep concerns about the impact of 50,000 extra people on their already weak infrastructure, fragile ecosystem, and island culture. These have been much expressed in town-hall meetings and in community responses to the military’s 11,000-page environmental impact statement.
Obama should also listen to respected historians like Hope Cristobal, a former Guam senator, and to women professional and community leaders active in Fuetsen Famalao’an, who came together out of concern over the military buildup. He should visit the Hurao School that teaches young children Chamorro language and culture. He should hear the Chamorro people’s deep love for their land as they seek to honor their ancestors and provide for their children.
The president should do more than just listen, of course. The Obama administration should rethink the expansion of bases in Okinawa, Guam, and South Korea. Washington has repeatedly stated that the transfer of 8,000 Marines to Guam will “reduce the burden” on Okinawa. So then why does the military want a new Marines base in Nago? The United States should stop the building of yet another base in Okinawa and not redirect Okinawa’s burden to Guam.
The Obama administration should do more by allocating a small fraction of the $700 billion-plus Pentagon budget to underwrite job training across the entire nation, including Guam. This money could provide residents of Guam with needed medical facilities, clean up contaminated water supplies (Andersen AFB sits on top of an underground aquifer), and provide for sustainable projects.
The U.S. Congress can also play a positive role by amending the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Guam on the list of “downwind” areas affected by atmospheric nuclear testing in Micronesia in the 1950s. At the same time, Congress should support the Republic of the Marshall Islands Changed Circumstances Petition for adequate compensation for personal injuries, property damage, medical care, and radiological monitoring related to nuclear testing conducted in the Marshall Islands.
Elsewhere in the region, the United States should rethink the imminent plan to build a new U.S. Navy base on Jeju Island in the southern part of Korea. Villagers of Gangjeong have resisted this construction by blocking roads until their arrest by South Korean police in January 2010. This proposed base would house Aegis destroyers, outfitted with missile defense systems to target China. It would also destroy local people’s way of life and coral reefs designated by UNESCO as world heritage environmental sites.
More generally, the United States must commit to policies that support sustainable use of resources, rather than using military means to secure oil supplies and other scarce resources. The U.S. military is the greatest consumer of oil worldwide. It makes no sense to fight for oil so that the military can guzzle even more of it. Such a new policy on sustainable use of resources also requires Washington to move beyond the stalemate of the Copenhagen summit.
Obama: Be the change you promised. Someone has to have the courage to initiate a paradigm shift, using the Earth’s resources and people’s skills to provide for genuine security.
Gwyn Kirk is a founder member of Women for Genuine Security and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus. Christine Ahn is a policy and research analyst with the Global Fund for Women and a FPIF columnist.
Recommended Citation:
Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, "Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans" (Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, February 10, 2010)
Foreign Policy in Focus
Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans
By Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, February 10, 2010
This March, the Obamas will touch down in the U.S. territory of Guam, en route to Australia and Indonesia. It’s a big deal for this tiny Pacific island seven-and-a-half hours by plane from Hawaii and, according to airport placards, “where America’s day begins.” Two senators from Guam, Judith P. Guthertz and Rory J. Respicio, have already written to ask the president “to meet a few of your fellow Americans,” instead of the typical orchestrated “pit stop” behind the gates of Andersen Air Force Base.
Obama’s stop-over may be designed to smooth the difficult road ahead for the U.S. military. The Pentagon is shifting bases and soldiers in the Asia Pacific — not surprisingly, without consent of the residents of these countries. But it’s not just local people in Guam, South Korea, Okinawa, and elsewhere who are affected by the increased militarization of the region. The natural environment is at risk through military contamination and through the high military use of oil, an important factor in climate change.
Guam-Okinawa Connection
The Bush administration made plans to shift 8,000 U.S. Marines from Okinawa (Japan) to Guam. In addition to support staff, contractors and family members, the total number will be closer to 50,000 people.
This overall deal between the United States and Japan is estimated to cost $26 billion, with the tab largely picked up by Japan. According to the agreement, the Japanese government must fund a new state-of-the-art Marines base to be built alongside an endangered coral reef in Nago (northern Okinawa). This new facility would replace Futenma Marine Corps Air Station, which is currently situated in a dense urban area. The land would then return to Okinawa — presumably after the cleanup of environmental contamination — and 8,000 Marines would go to Guam.
Okinawans have been campaigning for years to be rid of U.S. bases, which were established at the end of World War II. These bases have been the source of noise and environmental pollution, accidents, and crime committed by U.S. soldiers, including violence against women and girls. In a 1998 referendum, Nago voters opposed the new base. When Japanese authorities tried to go ahead with the plan, activists took to their kayaks and fishing boats to block construction, and ultimately disrupted exploratory drilling of the coral reef. The Japanese government tried to find another location in Okinawa or even mainland Japan, but no community agreed to have the new Marines base in their area.
Despite the efforts of the two governments, democracy continues to get in the way of this multi-billion dollar deal between Washington and Tokyo.
On August 30, 2009, the patient and determined campaigning by the Japanese peace movement paid off. The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), which promised to review the U.S.-Japan military alliance, defeated the ruling coalition that had been in power for over 50 years. Many of the newly elected representatives criticized Japanese acquiescence toward U.S. foreign policy; others resented U.S. “occupation mentality.” In response, both U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates and President Obama made hasty visits to Tokyo, invoking the importance of the alliance and pressing the new government to keep the Okinawa-Guam deal afloat. But the tide of public opinion had turned; the Japanese media branded Gates a “bully” and bridled at such “high-handed treatment.”
The political momentum against the relocation of the U.S. Marines base has continued to build. At the end of January 2010, Nago voters elected a mayor who is also against the base. Japanese representatives came to Washington to meet with their congressional counterparts, while in Tokyo thousands protested the proposed Marines base, thus reopening what the military assumed was a done deal.
Resistance in Guam
Despite increasing opposition to the transfer of thousands of U.S. troops, the people of Guam are constrained in their ability to influence the political process. Since the Spanish-American War of 1898, the United States has controlled Guam (or Guåhan in the Chamorro language). With a population of 173,456 represented by one non-voting delegate in the U.S. Congress, the island is one of 16 remaining non-self-governing territories listed by the United Nations. Residents are U.S. citizens, but they are not entitled to vote in presidential elections. Most federal-territorial affairs are made in Washington, nearly 8,000 miles away.
The voices of the Guam Chamber of Commerce and other business leaders have been elevated in this process. In their view, the militarization of the island is the only viable boost to Guam’s weak economy. Contractors, from Washington, DC and Hawaii to the Philippines and Japan, are jockeying for a piece of the action. "On Capitol Hill, the conversation has been restricted to whether the jobs expected from the military construction should go to the mainland Americans, foreign workers or Guam residents," says Democracy Now reporter Juan Gonzalez. "But we rarely hear the voices and concerns of the indigenous people of Guam, who constitute over a third of the island’s population."
The U.S. military already takes up a third of the island. The additional troops will bring this up to 40 percent. Formed from two volcanoes, Guam’s rocky core constitutes an unsinkable aircraft carrier, 30 miles long and eight miles wide. Not only is the economy geared toward servicing the military, the bases are now occupying once productive land. Prior to WWII, Guam was self-sufficient in agriculture. Today, the island imports 90 percent of its food.
Listen to the People
Following the Nago election, The Washington Post quoted Lt. Gen. Keith J. Stalder, commander of U.S. Marine forces in the Pacific as saying, "National security policy cannot be made in towns and villages."
Really? Do national security and military objectives trump democracy?
Obama is both commander-in-chief of the U.S. military and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. His experience growing up in Hawaii and working as a community organizer also uniquely qualify him to listen to Guam senators and community members such as We Are Guåhan, a grassroots organization. We Are Guåhan include the voices of people from diverse ethnic and professional backgrounds, who advocate for transparency and democratic participation in decisions regarding the future of their island. Obama should hear their deep concerns about the impact of 50,000 extra people on their already weak infrastructure, fragile ecosystem, and island culture. These have been much expressed in town-hall meetings and in community responses to the military’s 11,000-page environmental impact statement.
Obama should also listen to respected historians like Hope Cristobal, a former Guam senator, and to women professional and community leaders active in Fuetsen Famalao’an, who came together out of concern over the military buildup. He should visit the Hurao School that teaches young children Chamorro language and culture. He should hear the Chamorro people’s deep love for their land as they seek to honor their ancestors and provide for their children.
The president should do more than just listen, of course. The Obama administration should rethink the expansion of bases in Okinawa, Guam, and South Korea. Washington has repeatedly stated that the transfer of 8,000 Marines to Guam will “reduce the burden” on Okinawa. So then why does the military want a new Marines base in Nago? The United States should stop the building of yet another base in Okinawa and not redirect Okinawa’s burden to Guam.
The Obama administration should do more by allocating a small fraction of the $700 billion-plus Pentagon budget to underwrite job training across the entire nation, including Guam. This money could provide residents of Guam with needed medical facilities, clean up contaminated water supplies (Andersen AFB sits on top of an underground aquifer), and provide for sustainable projects.
The U.S. Congress can also play a positive role by amending the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to include Guam on the list of “downwind” areas affected by atmospheric nuclear testing in Micronesia in the 1950s. At the same time, Congress should support the Republic of the Marshall Islands Changed Circumstances Petition for adequate compensation for personal injuries, property damage, medical care, and radiological monitoring related to nuclear testing conducted in the Marshall Islands.
Elsewhere in the region, the United States should rethink the imminent plan to build a new U.S. Navy base on Jeju Island in the southern part of Korea. Villagers of Gangjeong have resisted this construction by blocking roads until their arrest by South Korean police in January 2010. This proposed base would house Aegis destroyers, outfitted with missile defense systems to target China. It would also destroy local people’s way of life and coral reefs designated by UNESCO as world heritage environmental sites.
More generally, the United States must commit to policies that support sustainable use of resources, rather than using military means to secure oil supplies and other scarce resources. The U.S. military is the greatest consumer of oil worldwide. It makes no sense to fight for oil so that the military can guzzle even more of it. Such a new policy on sustainable use of resources also requires Washington to move beyond the stalemate of the Copenhagen summit.
Obama: Be the change you promised. Someone has to have the courage to initiate a paradigm shift, using the Earth’s resources and people’s skills to provide for genuine security.
Gwyn Kirk is a founder member of Women for Genuine Security and a contributor to Foreign Policy In Focus. Christine Ahn is a policy and research analyst with the Global Fund for Women and a FPIF columnist.
Recommended Citation:
Christine Ahn and Gwyn Kirk, "Democracy Thwarts U.S. Base Plans" (Washington, DC: Foreign Policy In Focus, February 10, 2010)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
[국문 번역: EMERGENCY: Vandenberg Protest on Jan. 31] EIGHT ARRESTED - ONE INJURED 긴급: 1월 31일, 밴던버그 시위 8명 체포, 1명 상해
Image source: Vandenberg Witness (밴던버그 증인)
* Image source: Vandenberg Witness, Jan. 2, 2000, (이미지 소스: 2000년 1월 2일, 밴던버그 증인 )2002년 1월 2일 올려진 사진에서 밴던버그 기지 앞 시위 참가자들이
" 이 [우주] 무기들은 어린이들을 죽인다"란 푯말을 들고 있다.
* Image source: Vandenberg Witness, Oct. 13, 2007 (이미지 소스: 2007년 10월 13일, 밴던버그 증인 )2007년 10월 13일 올려진 사진에서 밴던버그 기지 앞 참가자들이
"우리의 무기들이 우리에게 평화를 가져다 주었는가?'란
배너를 들고 있다. 맨 오른쪽이 맥그리거 에디.
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* See the Related blog
http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/01/protest-call-stop-monkey-business-no.html
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
[국문 번역: Protest Call] STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS: NO STAR WARS! 기만을 멈춰라! 우주 전쟁 반대!
_____________________________________________________________________________________http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/01/protest-call-stop-monkey-business-no.html
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
[국문 번역: Protest Call] STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS: NO STAR WARS! 기만을 멈춰라! 우주 전쟁 반대!
Vandenberg Witness on Feb. 1, 2010
밴던버그 증인 사이트, 2010년 2월 1일
EIGHT ARRESTED - ONE INJURED
8명 체포-1명 상해
Eight people were arrested at the Sunday, January 31 witness. Participants in the witness were not allowed to gather in the designated protest area, nor anywhere near the base. Nobody intentionally “crossed the line.” The protest was dismantled and arrests were made by base security, who acted because the protest was not permitted by base commander, though the base was notified well before the gathering. (What happened to our right of “free speech”?)
1월 31일 일요일, [발사 실험 항의 증인] 에서 8명이 체포되었다. 증인의 참석자들은 지정된 시위 지역 또는 기지 근처 어디서도 모이는 것을 허락받지 못했다. 아무도 의도적으로 “선을 넘지” 않았다. 시위는 철거되었으며 체포는 기지 보안군에 의해 행해졌는데 보안군들은 집회가 기지에 사전에 공지되었음에도 불구, 시위가 기지 사령관에 의해 허락받지 못했기 때문에 그렇게 행동했다. (우리 “자유 언론”의 권리에 무슨 일이 일어난 걸까?)
The arrested include: Denis Apel, Tensie Hernandez-Apel, Bub Boothe, MacGregor Eddy, Jude Evered, Scott Fina, Mary Becker, and Jorge Manly-Gil.
체포된 이들은 다음을 포함한다: 데니스 아펠, 텐시 허난데즈-아펠, 법 부쓰, 맥그리거 에디, 쥬디 에버리드, 스캇 피나, 매리 벡커, 조지 멘리-길
In the first test of its kind involving Vandenberg, an ICBM launched from the Marshall Islands was aimed at southern California. The Ground-Based Interceptor launched from VAFB, about 60 miles northwest of Santa Barbara, lifted off at around 3:45 pm, but was not successful in shooting down the target, launched six minutes earlier from the far end of the Ronald Reagan Test Range at Kwajalein Atoll.
밴던버그가 관여한 실험 종류의 첫번째 실험에서 대륙간 탄도 미사일은 마샬 군도로부터 캘리포니아 남쪽으로 발사되었다. 산타 바바라에서 북서쪽으로 60 마일 떨어진 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 발사된 지대 미사일은 오후 약 3시 45분 경에 이륙했으나 콰잘렌 아톨의 먼 끝에 있는 로널드 레이건 실험장에서 6분 일찍 발사된 목표물을 맞추는 데 성공하지 못했다.
First to be cited were MacGregor and Dennis, both of whom have existing “ban-and-bar” notices from previous arrests. They were cited for trespass, though they were in the designated protest area and did not cross onto base property.
이름이 불려진 첫번째 이들은 맥그리거와 데니스였는데 두 사람 다 이전의 시위 전력으로부터 받은 “[접근]금지” 통보가 현재 살아 있다. 그들은 지정된 시위 장소에 있었으며 기지 소유로 통과 하지 않았음에도 불구, 경계 침범으로 이름이 불려졌다.
Jude Evered, in her 80’s, of Goleta, CA was held on the ground by two security guards with one soldier’s knee in her back. Her booking was interrupted because she had to be transported to the hospital in an ambulance for a shoulder injury she sustained during arrest. Evered is with the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and is a frequent participant in ongoing vigils at Vandenberg. She was later released from the hospital, and unprocessed by authorities.
캘리포니아 주 골리타에서 온 80세 여성 쥬드 에버레드는 두 보안군에 의해 땅에 눕혀졌으며 한 군인의 무릎이 그녀의 등을 눌렀다. 그녀에 대한 과정은 중단되었는데 왜냐하면 그녀는 체포 중 참았던 어깨 부상으로 앰뷸런스에 실려 가야 했기 때문이다. 에버레드는 평화와 자유를 위한 국제 여성 연맹 소속으로 밴던버그의 계속되는 침번에 종종 참가하는 분이다. 그녀는 후에 병원에서 풀렸으며 당국에 의한 절차를 받지 않았다.
Jorge Manly-Gil, also from the Guadalupe Catholic Worker, refused to give any
information. He was last known to be held at the Lompoc City Police
holding cell.
역시 과달로페 카톨릭 워커에서 온 조지 맨리-길은 어떠한 정보도 주길 거부했다. 그는 후에 롬폭 시 경찰서 유치장에 수감된 것으로 알려졌다.
The others arrested were given ban-and-bar letters though they were in compliance with base policy.
체포된 다른 이들에게는 기지 정책을 준수 했음에도 불구, “접근 금지” 문서가 주어졌다.
Friday, January 29, 2010
[국문 번역:Text Fwd: IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VANDENBERG MISSILE TEST, Jan. 31, 2010
* Text Fwd From MacGregor Eddy on Jan. 28, 2010
2010년 1월 28일 맥그리거 에디 보냄
January 28, 2010 2010년 1월 28일
VANDENBERG MISSILE TEST “DANGEROUS, DESTABILIZING AND PROVOCATIVE” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
“위험하고 불안정하게 하며 촉발시키는” 밴던버그 미사일 실험에 대한 긴급 보도
SANTA BARBARA -- The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation today condemned Sunday’s scheduled missile defense test from Vandenberg Air Force Base as “dangerous, destabilizing and provocative.”
산타 바바라-- 오늘 핵시대 재단은 일요일[1월 31일], 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 계획된 미사일 실험을 “위험하고 불안정하게 하며 촉발시키는” 것이라 경멸했다.
The test involves a missile being fired from the Marshall Islands to simulate an attack on the United States by Iran, a country that neither possesses nuclear weapons nor long-range missiles capable of reaching the United States. An interceptor missile will be fired from Vandenberg AFB in an attempt to collide with the incoming missile.
그 실험은 마샬 제도에서 발사하는 미사일을 포함하는 것인데 이란에 의한 미국 공격을 가상하는 것으로 이란은 핵 무기도 미국에 도달할 수 있는 장거리 미사일도 소유하지 않는다. 밴던버그 공군 기지에서 요격 미사일이 발사된다는 것은 진입하는 미사일과 충돌하는 것이다.
David Krieger, President of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, pointed to the provocative nature of the test. He said:
데이비드 크리저, 핵시대 평화 재단 대통령은 실험의 자극하는 측면을 지적했다. 그는 말했다:
“Missile defense testing by the United States does not make our country more secure. Rather, the tests are provocative and dangerous, leading other countries to further develop their offensive missile systems to assure that the US does not contemplate a first-strike attack. The United States continues throwing billions of dollars into the bottomless pit of missile defense, a technology that remains largely ineffective. This test, which is estimated to cost $150 million, is designed to simulate an attack by Iran, even though Iran does not have long-range missiles or nuclear weapons with which to attack the United States. Such scenarios destabilize relations with other countries and waste taxpayer dollars.”
미국에 의한 미사일 방어 실험은 우리 나라를 더 안전하게 하지 않는다. 오히려 그 실험은 자극적이며 위험하고 다른 나라들이 미국이 첫번째 공격을 숙고하지 않도록 더 공격적인 미사일 시스템을 개발하도록 이끌 것이다. 미국은 수십억 달러를 끝도 없이 미사일 방어망 시스템에 퍼붓기를 계속한다. 이란이 장거리 미사일을 갖고 있지도 미국을 공격할 핵무기도 갖고 있지 않음에도 불구, 1억 5천만 달러가 들 것으로 산정되는 이 실험은 이란에 의한 공격을 가상실험하도록 고안된 것이다. 그러한 시나리오는 다름 나라들과의 관계를 불안정하게 하며 납세자들의 달러를 낭비한다.
For additional comments and interviews, please contact David Krieger, NAPF President, at (805) 965-3443 or Rick Wayman, NAPF Director of Programs, at (805) 696-5159.
그 외의 언급이나 인터뷰는 데이비드 크리저에게 (805) 965-3443 으로 연락하거나 릭 웨이만, 핵시대 재단 프로그램 감독에게 (805) 696-5159으로 연락하길
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The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.
핵시대 평화 재단은 핵무기를 제거하고 국제 법및 기관들을 강화하며 새로운 세대와 평화 지도자 세대들에게 영감을 주고 힘을 북돋우려는 전세계적 노력을 이끌고 지지한다. 1982년에 창설된 이 재단은 핵 시대에 평화를 절대 강령으로 깨닫는 전 세계의 개인들, 조직들로 구성되어 있다. 핵시대 평화 재단은 비영리, 비당파 국제 교육, 후원 조직이다. 이는 유엔 경제 사회 위원회의 상담적인 위치에 있으며 유엔에 의해 평화 전달자 조직으로 인정된다.
* Related blog
http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/01/protest-call-stop-monkey-business-no.html
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
[국문 번역: Protest Call] STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS: NO STAR WARS!
기만을 멈춰라! 우주 전쟁 반대!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
[국문 번역: Protest Call] STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS: NO STAR WARS! 기만을 멈춰라! 우주 전쟁 반대!
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*Update: All were released by Feb. 3. To see the more update detail, see here
2월 3일까지 모두 석방되었읍니다. 엎데이트 자세한 소식은 여기를 가시길.
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* EMERGENCY: [Vandenberg Protest on Jan. 31]
EIGHT ARRESTED - ONE INJURED. See here
긴급: 1월 31일 밴던버그 시위에서 8명 체포, 1명 상해 (여기를 보시길)
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* The launch was postponed from Jan 22, now set for Jan 31, 1pm(See HERE)
발사는 1월 31일, 1시(캘리포니아 시간)으로 연기되었읍니다. (여기를 보시길: 국문 번역)
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*Update: All were released by Feb. 3. To see the more update detail, see here
2월 3일까지 모두 석방되었읍니다. 엎데이트 자세한 소식은 여기를 가시길.
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* EMERGENCY: [Vandenberg Protest on Jan. 31]
EIGHT ARRESTED - ONE INJURED. See here
긴급: 1월 31일 밴던버그 시위에서 8명 체포, 1명 상해 (여기를 보시길)
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* The launch was postponed from Jan 22, now set for Jan 31, 1pm(See HERE)
발사는 1월 31일, 1시(캘리포니아 시간)으로 연기되었읍니다. (여기를 보시길: 국문 번역)
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For details see www.vandenbergwitness.org or email (macgregoreddy@gmail.com)
자세한 사항은 밴던버그 증인 또는 맥그리거 에디에게 연락 (macgregoreddy@gmail.com)
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For the Slide Documens (by Macgregor Eddy, please click the below), Recommended!
슬라이드 다큐먼츠 (맥그리거 에디 제작은 여기를 보시길) 추천!
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfpxc5ff_677dhqjvpc9&interval=5&autoStart=true&loop=true
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자세한 사항은 밴던버그 증인 또는 맥그리거 에디에게 연락 (macgregoreddy@gmail.com)
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For the Slide Documens (by Macgregor Eddy, please click the below), Recommended!
슬라이드 다큐먼츠 (맥그리거 에디 제작은 여기를 보시길) 추천!
http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfpxc5ff_677dhqjvpc9&interval=5&autoStart=true&loop=true
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MacGregor Eddy sent the email on Makiko Sato, Japan on Jan. 29, 2010. Part of it says, “Fr. Louie Vitale was arrested on August 23 delivering your message to the [Vandenberg AFB ]base commander. He is now in prison (for an earlier arrest at a torture school in Georgia) and will await trial on this one (along with Sister Megan Rice).”
맥그리거 에디는 일본 마키코 사또에게 2010년 1월 29일 보낸 이 메일에서다음과 같이 말합니다. "루이 비탈 신부가 [밴던버그 공군 기지 사령관에게] 8월 23일 당신의 메시지를 전하다 체포되었읍니다. 그는 현재 감옥에 있으며(조지아 주 고문 학교앞 시위 전력으로) 재판이 곧 있을 것입니다. (메간 라이스 수녀와 함께)"
MacGregor Eddy has gotten the “lifetime ban and bar" order which the military authorities have given against her and five others-Fr. Louie Vitale, Steve Kelly, Jeff Dietrich, Mike Wisniewski and Dennis Apel. Koreans have sent the solidarity petition to them.(Click here)
맥그리거 에디는 루이 비탈 신부, 스티브 켈리, 제프 디트리히, 마이크 위스니우스키 그리고 데니스 아펠과 함께 미 군사 당국에 의해 “평생 금지” 명령을 받아왔읍니다. 한국인들이 연대 청원을 보낸 바 있읍니다 (여기를 보실 것).
________________________________________________________________________________맥그리거 에디는 일본 마키코 사또에게 2010년 1월 29일 보낸 이 메일에서다음과 같이 말합니다. "루이 비탈 신부가 [밴던버그 공군 기지 사령관에게] 8월 23일 당신의 메시지를 전하다 체포되었읍니다. 그는 현재 감옥에 있으며(조지아 주 고문 학교앞 시위 전력으로) 재판이 곧 있을 것입니다. (메간 라이스 수녀와 함께)"
MacGregor Eddy has gotten the “lifetime ban and bar" order which the military authorities have given against her and five others-Fr. Louie Vitale, Steve Kelly, Jeff Dietrich, Mike Wisniewski and Dennis Apel. Koreans have sent the solidarity petition to them.(Click here)
맥그리거 에디는 루이 비탈 신부, 스티브 켈리, 제프 디트리히, 마이크 위스니우스키 그리고 데니스 아펠과 함께 미 군사 당국에 의해 “평생 금지” 명령을 받아왔읍니다. 한국인들이 연대 청원을 보낸 바 있읍니다 (여기를 보실 것).
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Monday, January 04, 2010 2010년 1월 4일
STOP THE MONKEY BUSINESS 기만을 멈춰라
Peace protest NO STAR WARS! 평화 시위: 우주 전쟁 반대
Thursday, January 21 2010년 1월 21일, 목요일
5 pm to 7 pm 오후 5시~7시
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 미 캘리포니아 밴던버그 기지
Protest the launch of an expensive “Star Wars” ground-based interceptor missile test from Vandenberg set for Jan. 22, 2010.Thursday, January 21 2010년 1월 21일, 목요일
5 pm to 7 pm 오후 5시~7시
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California 미 캘리포니아 밴던버그 기지
2010년 1월 22일 밴던버그 시설에서 시행될 비싼 “우주 전쟁” [프로그램 일환인], 지대 요격 미사일 발사 실험에 항의하십시오.
A dummy US Intercontinental Ballistic missile (posing as a nuclear shot from "Iran") will be launched toward California from the Reagan Test Site in the Marshall Islands on the same date.
위 일시에 대륙간 탄도 미사일 모조 탄두가 (“이란”으로부터의 핵 공격에 대응한다는 [구실로]) 마샬 군도내 레이건 실험 기지로부터 캘리포니아를 향해 발사될 것입니다.
The Vandenberg missile is going to try to "take out" the so-called (by the Pentagon) "Iranian" missile. The fact is that Iran does not have a long-range nuclear missile capability. But why be worried about the facts. Just launch a US missile and say it is from Iran! Who will notice the difference?!
밴던버그 미사일은 (미 국방부에 의하면) 소위 “이란’ 미사일을 “없애려” 시도하려 할 것입니다. 사실 이란은 장거리 핵 미사일 능력을 갖고 있지 않습니다. 그러나 왜 사실들에 연연한단 말인가요? 미국 미사일을 발사하고 이란으로부터 왔다 말하면 되지요. 누가 그 차이점에 주목하기나 할까요?!
The “Star Wars” NMD program is a direct obstacle to disarmament talks with Russia and is making a nuclear weapons free future less likely.
“우주 전쟁’ 국가 미사일 방어 프로그램은 러시아와의 비무장 대화의 직접적인 장애물이며 비핵이란 미래를 덜 가능케 할 것입니다.
What happened to Obama "desire" to get rid of nukes?
핵을 제거하려는 오바마의 “욕구” 에 어떤 일이 생겼던가요?
The protest will be held at the front gate of Vandenberg AFB which is located six miles north of Lompoc on Highway One, across the road from Vandenberg Middle school Santa Barbara County CA.
그 시위는 롬푹에서 6마일 북쪽 고속도로1 에 위치하고 캘리포니아주 산타 바바라 읍 밴던버그 중학교 길 건너에 있는 밴던버그 공군 기지 정문 앞에서 펼쳐질 것입니다.
Sponsored by the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom and the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space. Endorsed by War Resister’s League, CodePink, Nevada Desert Experience, Tri-Valley Cares and many others.
이 시위는 평화와 자유를 위한 국제 여성 연맹, 우주의 무기와 핵을 반대하는 글로벌 넷워크에 의해 후원됩니다. 이 시위는 또한 전쟁 저항자 연맹, 코드 핑크, 네바다 사막 경험, 트라이 게곡 보호 밑 많은 단체들에 의해 배서되었읍니다.
For details see www.vandenbergwitness.org or email macgregoreddy@gmail.com or call
831-206-5043.
더 자세한 내용은 밴던버그 증인 www.vandenbergwitness.org 또는 이메일 macgregoreddy@gmail.com 또는 전화 831-206-5043
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http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2010/01/text-fwd-immediate-release-vandenberg.html
Friday, January 29, 2010
Text Fwd: IMMEDIATE RELEASE: VANDENBERG MISSILE TEST, Jan. 31, 2010
http://nobasestorieskorea.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html
Friday, November 6, 2009
Text Fwd: USA to launch ICBM on Nov 18 from Vandenberg Air Force Base to the Marshall Islands
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Solidarity Message from Korea
‘The news of the Vandenberg ICBM test on Jan. 31, targeting Iran is
again horrible and infuriating. It is heard that “A dummy US
Intercontinental Ballistic missile (posing as a nuclear shot from
"Iran") will be launched toward California from the Reagan Test Site
in the Marshall Islands on the same date.”
The Vandenberg AFB has also done lots of the ICBM missile tests
against the North Korea, ignoring the North Korea’s long efforts for
the peace agreement with the United States, which have been frustrated
many times by the United States’ governments’ hostile policies
including these kind of the missile tests.
The unusual test against the Iran is again, intentionally invoking the
virtual enemy among the hearts and minds of people in the world, to
the advantage of the space and nuclear weapon industries, for their
profit and to the disadvantage of the poor people in the United States
and world, whose welfare-systems have been continuously robbed of, by
the unnecessarily increasing defense budget. It is needlessly to say
that the most affected people will be those in the Marshall Islands,
whose health and environment have been deteriorating due to these kind
of harmful missile tests.
Furthermore, when thinking about the annual budget proposal for the
construction of the Jeju naval base, the planned missile defense
system in the Jeju Island, South Korea, by the Minister of the Defense
department of ROK in 2010 was about less than $ 90million dollars, the
$150million cost for one ICBM launch is mind-bogging.
We. Koreans, along with the peace-loving citizens in the world, will
watch this ongoing malicious activities in the Vandenberg AFB and
demand all the release of the protesters in the past including Fr.,
Louis Vital, who was arrested on Aug, 23 while he was delivering the
peace messages.
We strongly support our courageous colleague protesters in front of
Vandenberg AFB on Jan.31. In case, something happened to any of them,
we, Koreans will make noise the news in Korea and the world, to inform
the vicious activities of the Vandenberg AFB.
The courageous U.S. citizens’ peaceful speech and action must be
protected, thanked and admired from the world.
In Peace'
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