Town assembly demands U.S. Marines leave Okinawa

NAHA, Japan - The Chatan town assembly in Okinawa on Feb. 15 unanimously adopts two resolutions demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. Marines from the prefecture and the resignation of the top U.S. commander in Okinawa. The resolutions were prompted by a series of arson attacks in Chatan, just northeast of the prefectural capital Naha, that were allegedly committed by a U.S. serviceman, and an e-mail by Lt. Gen. Earl Hailston, commander of U.S. forces in Okinawa, in which he described local Japanese officials ''nuts'' and ''wimps.''

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