Ngu-Ann Wright
Ithimba labantu abangu-26 elivela ku-All Okinawa Council lizoba seWashington, DC Ngo-Novemba 19 ne-20 ukucela amalungu eKhongolose yase-US ukuthi asebenzise amandla awo ukumisa ukwakhiwa komzila wezindiza wesizinda se-US Marine e-Henoko emanzini ahlanzekile e-South China Sea.
Ithimba likhathazekile ngomthelela wemvelo wezikhungo ezintsha, okuhlanganisa umzila wezindiza ozokwakhiwa ezindaweni zamakhorali kanye nendawo yemvelo yezilwane ezincelisayo zasolwandle, ama-dugong kanye nokuqhubeka kwempi yesiqhingi sabo. Ngaphezu kwe-90% yazo zonke izizinda zamasosha ase-US e-Japan zitholakala e-Okinawa.
Uhlelo lokwakha i-Henoko lubhekene nokuphikiswa okukhulu okuvela kubantu base-Okinawa. Imibhikisho yezakhamizi ezingu-35,000, Kuhlanganisa nezakhamuzi eziningi ezindala, eziphikisana nokwakhiwa kwesisekelo zanyuka the island.
Udaba lohlelo lokufuduka kweHenoko seluthathe igxathu elibucayi. Ngo-Okthoba 13, 2015, uMbusi omusha wase-Okinawa u-Takshi Onaga ivuliwe ukugunyazwa kokubuyiselwa komhlaba kokwakhiwa kwesisekelo sase-Henoko, okwanikezwa umbusi wangaphambilini ngoDisemba 2013.
I-All Okinawa Council iyinhlangano yomphakathi, ehlanganisa amalungu ezinhlangano zomphakathi/amaqembu, imihlangano yasendaweni, imiphakathi yendawo, nezikhungo zamabhizinisi.
Amalungu ethimba azoba nemihlangano noKhongolose abambalwa kanye nabasebenzi Ngo-Novemba 19 ne-20 futhi uzobamba isithangami e-US House of Representatives eRayburn building room 2226 at 3pm ngoLwesine, Novemba 19. Lesi sithangami sivulekele umphakathi.
At 6pm on ULwesine, Novemba 19, ithimba lizosingatha umbukiso wedokhumentari ethi “Okinawa: The Afterburn” e-Brookland Busboys and Poets, 625 Monroe St., NE, Washington, DC 20017.
Ifilimu iyisithombe esiphelele seMpi yase-Okinawa yango-1945 kanye nokuhlala kwesiqhingi iminyaka engu-70 ngamasosha ase-US.
On NgoLwesihlanu, Novemba 20, ithimba lizoba nomhlangano e-White House ngo emini futhi icela ukusekelwa ezinhlanganweni zasendaweni eziphikisana nokwandiswa kwezizinda zamasosha ase-US emhlabeni jikelele.
Ukwakhiwa kwesisekelo se-Henoko e-Okinawa kuzoba isisekelo sesibili e-Asia nasePacific esizosetshenziswa amasosha ase-US abhekane nentukuthelo enkulu yesakhamuzi njengoba zombili lezi zisekelo zizobhubhisa izindawo ezibucayi kwemvelo futhi zandise impi yamazwe abo. Ukwakhiwa kweSouth Korean isizinda samasosha aseJeju Island okuzokwenza ukuthi imikhumbi yasechwebeni ethwele imicibisholo i-Aegis yase-US idale imibhikisho emikhulu yezakhamizi.
Mayelana Nombhali: U-Ann Wright usebenze iminyaka engama-29 eButhweni Lezempi Yase-US/Army Reserves futhi wathatha umhlalaphansi njengoColonel. Wayengusomaqhinga wase-US iminyaka engu-16 futhi wesula ngo-2003 ephikisana nempi yase-Iraq. Uhambele e-Okinawa nase-Jeju Island eyokhuluma ezisekelweni zamasosha ase-US kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi ngamalungu ezempi ase-US kwabesifazane emiphakathini yendawo.
