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Off-base drinking ban imposed for Okinawa servicemembers
http://www.stripes.com/news/off-base-drinking-ban-imposed-for-okinawa-servicemembers-1.198968Off-base drinking ban imposed for Okinawa servicemembers
By Travis J. Tritten
Stars and Stripes
Published: December 1, 2012
The ban comes as U.S. forces in Japan have struggled for over a month to stop drunken misbehavior and crime off base following the alleged gang-rape of an Okinawan woman by two sailors. Despite an 11 p.m.-5 a.m. curfew, a steady string of incidents has continued to embarrass the services and stoke Japanese resentment.
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CLOSE our base in Okinawa.
What has been going there for decades now; the rapes of Japenese women and girls, the drunkeness, the brawling-- it's hideous and wrong.
Why does Obama allow this to continue? I'm supposed to believe he cares?
What has been going there for decades now; the rapes of Japenese women and girls, the drunkeness, the brawling-- it's hideous and wrong.
Why does Obama allow this to continue? I'm supposed to believe he cares?
