U.S. gets go ahead for Dal Molin construction

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Protesters mill about in a square last February before taking part in a march around Vicenza, Italy, protesting against the U.S. use of the Dal Molin airfield and Italian and American foreign policies.


U.S. gets go ahead for Dal Molin construction
By Kent Harris, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Thursday, January 3, 2008

VICENZA, Italy — The Southern European Task Force (Airborne) has received all the necessary permissions it needs to begin construction on Dal Molin airfield, according to Maj. Ryan Dillon, a public affairs officer for SETAF.

“The next step is to identify the contractor,” Dillon said Wednesday. The Navy, in charge of all military construction projects in Italy, is currently doing just that. The winning bid is expected to be announced before summer.

“Before the end of the year, we expect dirt to be turned,” Dillon said.

U.S. use of the airfield, located on the northwest outskirts of the city, continues to draw protesters. Some are opposed to any U.S. military expansion in Vicenza (or elsewhere in Italy), while others have cited specific problems with the site or its impact on residents.

But Paolo Costa, the Italian government’s commissioner for the project, said the U.S. goal to begin using the airfield in 2011 for barracks and office space — destroying the current runway in the process — won’t be curtailed by Rome.


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uhc comment: Citizens say 'fuck you' --> http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=259&topic_id=8457

Government says 'No, no, no - fuck you'.