[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, REUSE: Report on Vieques (PR) "10 Years after the End of the Navy's Controversial Bombings"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Media Advisory
Washington Office on Latin America
April 26, 2013

10 Years after the End of the Navy's Controversial Bombings on  
Vieques, Report Finds U.S. Fails to Live up to Promises

May 1, 2013 marks the tenth anniversary of the day that the U.S. Navy  
left the small island of Vieques, Puerto Rico. For 60 years, the Navy  
used portions of the inhabited island for ammunition storage and  
military training ranges. On these ranges, the Navy and Marines  
conducted aggressive air-to-ground bombing, amphibious assaults, ship- 
to-shore shelling, artillery practice, and a variety of other  
training exercises involving the use of a wide range of explosives  
and toxic materials.

...

In the context of this historic anniversary, the Washington Office on  
Latin America (WOLA) is pleased to announce the publication of  
Vieques, a Target in the Sun, a report by WOLA Senior Fellow George  
Withers. Mr. Withers served on the staff of the House Armed Services  
Committee until 2003, where he handled a variety of policy and  
oversight responsibilities for the committee. The report—based on Mr.  
Withers’ years of experience dealing with Vieques in Congress and  
numerous research trips to the island, including one in early 2013— 
examines the history of the U.S. Navy’s use of the island, the  
legislation that further punished its people, and the need for a more  
aggressive response to address the conditions that continue to  
afflict the citizens of Vieques.

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.wola.org/news/ 
10_years_after_the_end_of_the_navys_controversial_bombings_on_vieques_re 
port_finds_us_fails_to_

To download the report, go to
http://www.wola.org/sites/default/files/downloadable/Regional% 
20Security/Vieques%20report%20advance%20copy%20for%20press%204.26.pdf

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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