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A new incident of rape increases security threat to Okinawa from the US Marines
Feb 21 2008, Arpita Mukherjee

The US military base at Okinawa in Japan is proving to be a great threat to the local people of the island. The US Marines have become a security threat to the residents of the region. In a recent incident of misdemeanor, a US Marine Tyrone Hadnott...

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