Patriot Paradox

AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama has promised to resolve a row soon on a US military base as he was left conspicuously absent from President Barack Obama’s meeting list at a summit. Read the rest of this entry »

Reuters – Scores of Thai anti-government protesters tried to force their way into an army base in Bangkok on Saturday but were repelled by water cannon, as their leaders vowed to carry on their fight for new elections. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A key US air base in Kyrgyzstan resumed normal operations Friday after an uprising ousted the government in the central Asian nation, a military spokesman said. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – The United States promised Monday it would at least consider Japan’s ideas on a military base, which has been a growing thorn in relations between the two allies. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada arrived Sunday in the United States for talks on a controversial US military base that has clouded relations between the close allies, officials said. Read the rest of this entry »

AP – Japan is still seeking to move a contentious American military base off the southern island of Okinawa and will finalize its proposal for Washington by the end of March, the prime minister said Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – White House staff are considering whether to hold international terrorism suspects at Bagram military base in Afghanistan, The Los Angeles Times reported. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – Facing mounting pressure from Washington, Japan’s centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday suggested a disputed US military base could stay on the southern island of Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said on Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »

AFP – A senior US envoy has warned that ties with Japan could be “affected in many fields” if Tokyo missed a May deadline for solving a dispute over an American military base, Japanese lawmakers said Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »