Okinawans rally over alleged crimes by U.S. servicemen

Okinawans rally over alleged crimes by U.S. servicemen

NAHA, Japan - More than 7,000 residents of Okinawa took part in a rally on July 15 in the southern Okinawa Island city of Ginowan to protest two criminal cases allegedly committed by U.S. servicemen earlier this month and to call for a smaller U.S. military presence in the island prefecture. It is the largest gathering in the southernmost prefecture to protest the U.S. military since some 85,000 locals attended a similar rally in the wake of the September 1995 rape of a 12-year-old girl in the prefecture by three U.S. servicemen.

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