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Diego Garcia

From Galápagos to Guam: US Military Bases are a Threat to Local Communities

My family’s home has been forced to leave our ecological future in the hands of the United States military, one of the largest polluters globally

Leilani Rania Ganser · Jun 20, 2019

Guam: one of the countless islands of the Pacific used by the United States military as a base. (Photo: VIRGILIO VALENCIA/AFP/Getty Images)

Diego Garcia on map

Diego Garcia: The “Unsinkable Carrier” Springs a Leak

Conn Hallinan · Apr 14, 2019

A U.S. Air Force B-1B bomber takes off from the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia, on a strike mission over Afghanistan in 2001. (Photo: DoD photo via AFP)

The Rightful Owners of a Key Island Military Base for the U.S. Would Like It Back, and the UN Agrees

Vijay Prashad · Mar 13, 2019

The Truth About Diego Garcia: 50 Years of Fiction About an American Military Base

David Vine · Jun 15, 2015