On AlterNet: military bases

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We Must Force Obama to Stick to His Deadline to Withdraw From Iraq

Raed Jarrar, AlterNet. May 18, 2010.

Two key deadlines are approaching for U.S. troops to exit Iraq, deadlines that were won through the work of millions of Iraqis and Americans. We can't stop now.

Are We Really 'Withdrawing' from Bush's Wars? Quietly, US Constructs Even More Bases in the Mideast

Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com. November 23, 2009.

The news is focused on a future U.S. withdrawal from Iraq -- but the withdrawal isn't to send the military presence home -- it's into bases across the Persian Gulf.

Spending $102 Billion a Year on 800 Worldwide Military Bases Is Bankrupting the Country

Chalmers Johnson, TomDispatch.com. July 3, 2009.

We're building new "embassies" that run close to $1 billion and host countries keep jacking the rent for existing bases.

The Costs of Empire: Can We Really Afford 1,000 Overseas Bases?

David Vine, Foreign Policy in Focus. March 10, 2009.

Our overseas military bases are pushing the nation deeper into debt and making the United States and the planet less secure.

Pentagon Tries to Lock Obama Into an Outrageously Bloated Budget

Mark Engler, In These Times. December 24, 2008.

The U.S. spends as much on the military in a single year as it did in the $700 billion financial bailout. Yet the Pentagon is now calling for more.

How 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand from Kuwait Ended Up in Idaho

Penny Coleman, AlterNet. September 17, 2008.

Questions remain about how depleted uranium waste from the first Gulf War was transferred, and whether health risks were posed.

Protest Camps Form Against American Military Bases in Japan and Italy

Ann Wright, TruthOut.org. May 15, 2008.

The citizens of Hokkaido join citizens from other parts of the world who are protesting the continuing presence and expansion of the U.S. military.

Anti-U.S. Uproar Sweeps Italy

David Swanson, After Downing Street. May 8, 2007.

The U.S. government has proposed to make Vicenza, Italy, the largest U.S. military site in Europe, but the people of Vicenza, and all of Italy, have sworn it will never happen.