While attacks on occupation forces in Iraq continue, the Al Qaeda terrorist network is shifting its targets and its strategy elsewhere in the world, and a leading expert on the Al Qaeda terrorist network says no end will come until the U.S. pulls out of what is now “the land of jihad.” Speaking this week at the Asia Pacific Homeland Security Summit in Honolulu, Rohan Gunaratna said “we will continue to suffer losses as long as we stay.”
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Expert: Iraq violence will continue until U.S. withdraws
November 23rd, 2003 — World
Waianae man dies in Kuwait
September 4th, 2003 — People, World
An Army reservist from Waianae has been killed in the Middle East, the Department of Defense confirmed today. Cameron B. Sarno, 43, was a Staff Seargent with the Las Vegas-based 257th Transportation Company, which is in the region as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According to the department, Sarno was hit by a truck on Sept. 1 while changing his vehicle’s tire in Kuwait City. To date, there have been 336 confirmed coalition deaths in the war, 287 of them Americans identified by the Department of Defense.
Experts, officials tackle N. Korea issue
August 25th, 2003 — World
With six-nation talks convening in Beijing on Wednesday, and with recent claims that North Korea is developing a long-range missle that could reach Hawai`i or Alaska fresh on their minds, an international group of government officials, academics, economists and business leaders convened last week for the 5th Annual Senior Seminar at the East-West Center. That the Korean peninsula must remain free of nuclear weapons was not in dispute, but what such a policy might cost remains a daunting question.
New WHO head a UH alumnus
July 21st, 2003 — World
![[ Dr. Jong-Wook Lee arrives at WHO headquarters in Geneva in his new official car - a gasoline-electric hybrid Toyota Prius. ]](http://www.hawaiinews.com/gallery/albums/2003/jongwooklee.thumb.jpg)
The new head of the World Head Organization brings with him two decades of experience with the international agency, and a Master’s degree in public health from the University of Hawai`i. Dr. Jong Wook Lee, who formally took office today at the WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, was well on his way to becoming a doctor when, thinking he could do more good in the area of public health, he quit his medical training and enrolled at UH in the late ’70s.
Australian action echoes U.S. ‘pre-emptive’ doctrine
July 12th, 2003 — World
Perceived threats to Australia’s security convinced the government there to lead an intervention force in the Solomon Islands, an East-West Center specialist said, referring to the decision as a “pre-emptive strike” to stop terrorism.
Australian action echoes U.S. ‘pre-emptive’ doctrine
July 12th, 2003 — World
Perceived threats to Australia’s security convinced the government there to lead an intervention force in the Solomon Islands, an East-West Center specialist said, referring to the decision as a “pre-emptive strike” to stop terrorism.
Australian action echoes U.S. ‘pre-emptive’ doctrine
July 12th, 2003 — World
Perceived threats to Australia’s security convinced the government there to lead an intervention force in the Solomon Islands, an East-West Center specialist said, referring to the decision as a “pre-emptive strike” to stop terrorism.
Expert: Japan steps away from recovery
June 24th, 2003 — World
A few extra pushes could be all that’s needed to kick start Japan’s economy if the government can get its macroeconomic policies in line, an East-West Center specialist said today. Although it may be hard to see from outside Japan, dramatic economic reforms have taken place in that country, but the government still needs to get its macroeconomic policies right.
Intelligence office may move to Japan
June 23rd, 2003 — World
A Japanese newspaper is reporting that the U.S. Navy may move some intelligence operations from Hawai`i to Japan, perhaps as soon as the fall. According to a Mainichi Shinbun article, the “higher reconnaissance command post” here would be relocated to the Misawa base in Japan’s Aomori Prefecture as part of a larger plan to shift the center of U.S. intelligence in Asia.
Hawaii to host talks on N. Korea
May 31st, 2003 — World
Senior officials from the U.S., S. Korea and Japan are expected to meet in Hawaii in June, and N. Korea’s nuclear program is expected to be foremost on their agenda. Reuters is reporting that the high-level trilateral meeting may set the stage for a five-way meeting in Malaysia that would bring in China as well as N. Korea.
