23 July 2012

Japan Osprey Aircraft Arrival Sparks Protests

American imperialism is no more apparent than the fact that there are so many US bases inside of foreign, sovereign territory. 

TOKYO -- A shipload of the U.S. military's latest transport aircraft arrived in Japan on Monday amid protests over safety issues that have aggravated longstanding grassroots concern over the presence of American bases in the country.

Workers began unloading and assembling the 12 MV-22 Osprey aircraft in the city of Iwakuni soon after the ship arrived. The U.S. plans to deploy the tilt-rotor aircraft to Okinawa to replace older CH-46 helicopters that are already there.


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