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| US Marine accused of rape in Japan |
| 2008-02-12 |
| A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in southern Japan was arrested Monday, police said, stirring memories of a rape of a Japanese girl by U.S. troops over a decade ago. Police took custody of Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott, 38, of Camp Courtney in Okinawa, an Okinawa police official said on condition of anonymity citing policy. Hadnott, who has denied the allegations, has not been charged. Under a mutual security pact, the United States has about 50,000 troops deployed around Japan. Most of them are based on Okinawa and tensions over potential accidents, land use and troop-related crimes are common. In 1995, the rape of a schoolgirl in Okinawa by three American servicemen sparked large-scale protests. The three served prison terms of six and a half to seven years. "This is extremely regrettable," said Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura of Monday's arrest. Komura said the government asked Washington to tighten discipline among its troop based in Japan to prevent such crimes in the future. Tokyo has made similar requests in the past. ... |
| Posted by:ed |
| #8 The local Govt. and Chamber of Commerce have a lot at stake with the proposed buildup - It will be a DISASTER for Guam iff the buildup does NOT occur, is delayed too long, andor iff the buildup is NOT as big as expected [US-Japan-Region politics]. Most recently, the Japanese want to delay the Marines transfer to as late as 2018 or beyond, which will all but destroy Guam's business sectors and by extens GovGuam itself. Truth is, despite any GovGuam rhetoric to the contrary Guam is the midst of a lingering STAGCESSION = DEPRESSION. Federal spending is way down or unreliable due to the 1990's BRACS now the WOT, while Japn-Asian investment is also going down and will be for a long while - many Japanese investors want to leave or refocii on China-mainland Asia. Many US-Asian investors will do so only iff GovGuam gives them $$$, other suppor which GovGuam can't do now due to on-going Fed Reduxes. At the same time, many local Guam pols and activists want to play Waffling, PC politix-as-usual = politix of ambiguity wid various impor issues of self-determination and indigenous rights, and won't take any sort of public stand on STATEHOOD VERSUS FULL INDEPENDENCE, ETC. WHICH DOESN'T HELP GUAM IN WOT/DUBYA-ERA WASHINGTON BUDGET BATTLES - ALL OF THE ABOVE AGAIN ADDS TO GUAM's ALREADY SERIOUS PROBS WID GOVGUAM ALSO MOVING TOWARDS GREATER VARIABLE LOCAL "PRIVATIZATION" SCHEMES. To again add to the above, GUAM INCLUD CNMI, WESTPAC, CENTPAC IS IN THE CROSS-HAIRS OF CHINA, RUSSIA, and now RADICAL ISLAM, BOTH AS ANTI-US MILITARY TARGET AND AS DESIRED FUTURE NON-US TERRITORY. CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESE OF AGANA CHIURCH ONE DAY BE AN ASIAN TEMPLE, OR A MUSLIM MOSQUE, IN THE OWG AMER PACIFIC = FORMER AMERICAN GLOBAL SSR/USR LAKE KNOWN AS THE PACIFIC, NOW THE GREATER CHINA SEA, ETC.??? Lest we fergit, CHINA desires ALL OF THE PACIFIC + 1/2 OR MORE OF CONUS-NORAM FOR CHICOM-SPECIFIC, CHICOM-CONTROLLED/ CENTRIC "LIVING SPACE". *YEAR 2008 > YEAR OF DECISION-RECKONING, FOR USA, USA's ENEMIES, RADICAL ISLAM, WORLD, FUTURE OWG-NWO, FAV -ISMS, and for GUAM. FOR GOD??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-02-12 19:42 |
| #7 This is the reason for the relocation to Guam. Over the years, the locals have had enough. Joe M., are you ready there ? Guam is a pretty small island. I note there is local concern there already. |
| Posted by: Woozle Elmeter 2907 2008-02-12 11:29 |
| #6 I remember the uproar about the rape of the little girl in 1995, lefties rioting in the streets, most of hte island off-limits, shocking racism in the Japanese media. And after all that, the "stern and just" Japanese court sentenced the beasts to just 6 years apiece. The howling protestors would have been much, much better off letting these animals be tried in their native country and sent away for decades. |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2008-02-12 09:44 |
| #5 Any figures on the number of rapes of native on native for the last 10 years? Yeah, I know its the usual Japanese appeal to racism amongst their culture that's gotten the attention. Maybe its time to point it out while making sure justice is carried by either military or civil authorities. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-12 09:30 |
| #4 Yep, the Okinawans get irate when something like this happens. And in the past the perps were usually a black/minority guy/guys which really pisses off the locals. He will be tried in a Japanese court before Japanese judges. If convicted he will serve his time in an Okinawan prison. There will be formal apologies from the commanding general and ambassador and monetary fines. Thanks Sgt. Dumbass for undoing 10 years of US-Japanese relationship building. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-02-12 08:55 |
| #3 #1 Lemme guess - black guy. The Japanese press always makes a huge deal out of the fact that it's always a black rapist, while the US press carefully avoids any mention of race while stressing the military connection. Posted by gromky 2008-02-12 07:53|| Front Page|| ||Comments Top Which through obvious omission, signals minority involvement. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-12 08:45 |
| #2 Here's my hybrid solution: If a military trial says he's not guilty, share the evidence with the Japanese authorities and depending on the circumstances maybe get him outta there so someone doesn't go all vigilante on him and maybe makes the doubters feel better that at least the guy is removed from their society. If the military trial says he's guilty, then have him tried in a Japanese criminal court who can propose a punishment. If the punishment isn't overly severe, let the guy serve the Japanese punishment in a Japanese prison. Or maybe an American one if it would work better. If the punishment is overly severe, then he serves the American punishment in an American facility. And here's my advice for the Japanese protestors for this kind of situation: Stop cutting into your credibility with the mass protests already. This is a criminal act committed by an individual against another individual, not a criminal act committed by a state against an individual. For example, inhumane treatment of POWs would be an example of something for which you could legitimately condemn the military force and/or government of a nation. Or maybe biological experiments on civilians of another nation. The US military is there to try to help you no matter what your society's moonbats would have you believe. If Japan doesn't have any criminals in its society, please feel free to consider throwing the first stone. But keep in mind that even if by some miracle there are no criminals in Japan or its military today or in the past, that first stone will come back to hit you on the day that first criminal shows up. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-12 08:27 |
| #1 Lemme guess - black guy. The Japanese press always makes a huge deal out of the fact that it's always a black rapist, while the US press carefully avoids any mention of race while stressing the military connection. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-02-12 07:53 |