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	Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solomon Islands is a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Solomon Islands is a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom recognised as the head of the State of Solomon Islands, a Commonwealth Realm.
		The national flag of Solomon Islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner representing the sun; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue representing the blue sky with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green representing the greeny patch of lands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solomon_Islands (1217 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sea Islands Sea Islands, chain of more than 100 low islands off the Atlantic coast of S.C., Ga., and N Fla., extending from the Santee River to the St. Johns River.
		It is separated from Staten Island by the Narrows, from Manhattan and the Bronx by the East River, and...
		Solomon Islands -> History A Spanish explorer, Álvaro de Mendeña de Neira, was the first European to visit the islands (1568), but his colonizing efforts failed.
	encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Military+of+the+Solomon+Islands (521 words)

	Encyclopedia: Solomon Islands
		Flag ratio: 1:2 The flag of the Solomon Islands was adopted on November 18, 1977.
		Honiara, population 30,413 (1986), is the capital of the Solomon Islands.
		The Solomons Island are a wide island nation that lies East of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russel Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Solomon-Islands/Military (969 words)

	Military of the Solomon Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Solomon Islands does not currently have regular military forces.
		The various paramilitary elements of the Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP) were disbanded in 2003 following the intervention of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI), and the RSIP was disarmed.
		Following Cyclone Zoe's strike on the islands of Tikopia and Anuta in December 2002, Australia had to provide the Solomon Islands government with 200,000 Solomons ($50,000 Australian) for fuel and supplies for the patrol boat Lata to sail with relief supplies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Military_of_the_Solomon_Islands (238 words)

	An exchange over New Zealand's military intervention in the Solomon Islands
		The military venture, which has nothing to do with restoring “law and order” in the Solomons, marks a new turn by the main powers in the region—Australia and New Zealand—to aggressively assert their interests, using Bush’s doctrine of “pre-emption” to their own advantage.
		An influenza epidemic in 1918, which killed almost a quarter of the island population, was directly attributable to the indifference and incompetence of the New Zealand authorities in both Auckland and Apia.
		Clark explicitly rejected suggestions that UN approval be sought for the operation, saying that because the Solomons government had “invited” the troops, the situation was not at all analogous to the invasion of Iraq.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/oct2003/newz-o01.shtml (3213 words)

	Solomon Islands (10/05)
		The islands' ocean-equatorial climate is extremely humid throughout the year, with a mean temperature of 27° C (80° F) and few extremes of temperature or weather.
		The capital of Honiara on Guadalcanal was increasingly populated by migrants from the island of Malaita.
		Solomon Islands was particularly hard hit by the Asian economic crisis even before the ethnic violence of June 2000.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2799.htm (3407 words)

	VOANews.com - Solomon Islands PM Flees Capital; Intervention Force Arriving
		The hurried departure of the Solomon Islands prime minister is yet another example of how chaotic and lawless his country has become.
		But unconfirmed reports in the Solomon Islands suggest militia members were planning to abduct the prime minister as an act of defiance, ahead of the deployment of the Australian-led peacekeeping operation.
		Solomon Islands Police Commissioner William Morrell is hopeful the intervention force will stabilize the country.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/07/mil-030723-voa04.htm (431 words)

	Asia Times: Havana denies military talks with Solomon Islands
		Gonzalez refuted the statements of a high-ranking official from the Solomon Islands who said Wednesday that his government was negotiating military aid from Cuba in order to resolve an internal ethnic conflict that could turn into a civil war.
		The Solomon Islands official said the country is ready to request military aid and Cuba seems to be willing to listen and provide assistance.
		Cuba has not been involved in military actions beyond its borders since the return on May 27, 1991 of the last contingent of soldiers serving in Angola, in accordance with the agreements reached by the two countries in December 1988.
	www.atimes.com /oceania/BE20Ah01.html (885 words)

	Wikinfo \| Solomon Islands
		The Solomon Islands are a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the British Commonwealth.
		The Solomon Islands is a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth of Nations, with a unicameral Parliament and a ministerial system of government.
		The British monarch is head of state and is represented by a governor general, chosen by the Parliament for a 5-year term.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Solomon_Islands (701 words)

	RAMSI's military back-up - Solomon Islands - RAMSI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Military protection was necessary due to the serious law and order situation and the large number of illegally held weapons present in the Solomon Islands community.
		The RAMSI military component is drawn from the armed forces of Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
		The military presence will continue to support police in carrying out their work to complete the restoration of law and order in Solomon Islands.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/solomon_islands/helpemfren/mil_backup.html (175 words)

	THE GIANTS OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The first discovery is about how the people of the Solomon Islands have shared their Islands with ‘previously undiscovered to the modern world’ race of hominoids for millennia right to this present day, and for a variety of reasons explained, this has not been known about by the rest of the World, until now.
		The Solomon Islands people name the undiscovered hominoids mentioned “The Giants”, which is linguistically ironic for the isolated Solomon Islanders, as throughout history, including in the Bible and other prominent books, the same name has been used in other parts of the World to describe these huge elusive hominoids.
		With the extraordinary amount of UFO traffic found in the Solomon Islands, it would be hard to imagine with our modern satellite tracking surveillance by a variety of countries around the world, that over the past few decades no one of the modern world has noticed their activities.
	www.thesolomongiants.com (9867 words)

	Solomon Islands bullied into accepting Australian-led military intervention
		For all its pretence that this is a “cooperative intervention” at the request of the Solomons authorities, the Howard government had made it plain that the Solomons parliament had no choice but to rubberstamp the military operation.
		The response of the Howard government was to demand that the Solomon Islands government implement the IMF and World Bank’s program of severe austerity measures.
		Having failed to force the Solomon Islands government to implement their policies, Howard and Downer are now using the resulting catastrophe to justify an Australian-led military intervention designed to implement their agenda directly.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2003/jul2003/solo-j12.shtml (1578 words)

	Solomon Islands
		The remaining roads in the Solomon Islands are made of coral or gravel, or are dirt tracks.
		DISASTER PREPAREDNESS: The Solomon Islands lie in the South Pacific cyclonic trajectory, and are vulnerable to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and sudden tidal movements.
		Americans living or traveling in the Solomon Islands are encouraged to register with the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby through the State Department’s travel registration website, https://travelregistration.state.gov, and to obtain updated information on travel and security within the Solomon Islands.
	travel.state.gov /travel/solomon_islands.html (1862 words)

	Travel Channel :: Solomons Islands on Wireless Intern (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Communication on the Solomons has largely been confined to dodgy short-wave radio networks that are well-known for a complete lack of confidentiality.
		But digital short-wave is different and in the Solomons it has been responsible for one of the world's furthest-flung wireless internet networks, all on a shoestring budget.
		The pressing need for a reliable and easy-to-use communications network for the islands scattered throughout the archipelago was made more evident earlier this year, when the atoll of Tikopia was cut off for more than a week by a powerful cyclone.
	travel.discovery.com /news/afp/20030804/solomons.html (662 words)

	Solomon Islands - Wikitravel
		The Solomon Islands are a South Pacific archipelago east of Papua New Guinea.
		The islands were the scene of many battles during World War II, including the battle of Guadalcanal.
		The islands are home to more than 120 indigenous Melanesian languages, with most citizens speaking the local Melanesian pigin as a lingua franca.
	wikitravel.org /en/Solomon_Islands (685 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Australia decreasing military forces in Solomons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		About 1,400 Australian military personnel have been in the Solomons since July, as part of the Regional Assistance Mission to the country.
		Senator Hill says the Australian navy ship HMAS Manoora left the Solomons capital, Honiara, on Monday, while a number of other ships, helicopters and their crews and support groups will also be returning to Australia soon.
		"While there will be a reduced military presence, the Australian government remains committed to the people of the Solomon Islands and continues to provide specialist support to advance reforms in policing, justice, finance and governance," Senator Hill said.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_976904.htm (251 words)

	Military of the Solomon Islands
		Military branches: The Solomon Islands have regular military forces; Solomon Islands National Reconnaissance and Surveillance Force; Royal Solomon Islands Police (RSIP)
		The military budget of the Solomon Islands has been strained due to a four-year civil war.
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/mi/Military_of_Solomon_Islands.html (98 words)

	Dateline - Transcript - Solomon Islands - Mission Impossible?
		For Australians, the Solomon Islands has become a deadlier mission than Iraq and it's likely to be a much longer one.
		I'm standing on the island of Guadalcanal in the national capital Honiara.
		This valley is one of the fault lines of conflict in the Solomons.
	news.sbs.com.au /dateline/index.php?page=transcript&dte=2005-04-06&headlineid=947 (2828 words)

	Joint Media Release - Australia Strengthens Military Presence in Solomon Islands
		This redeployment underscores the Government’s determination not to be intimidated and demonstrates its commitment to completing RAMSI’s mission in Solomon Islands.
		The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has been informed of this decision and fully supports it.
		This strengthened military presence will support police in carrying out their work to complete the restoration of law and order in Solomon Islands.
	www.defence.gov.au /minister/Hilltpl.cfm?CurrentId=4469 (288 words)

	Go Asia Pacific Breaking News Pacific - Troops may stay in Solomons for years: Military chief (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Australian commander of regional military forces in Solomon Islands says it is likely troops will be stationed there for several years.
		Lieutenant Colonel John Frewin says he expects the military's role in the Solomons to be shortlived, but says police will require logistical support from troops for some years.
		Since the arrival of the force in the Solomons, militant leader Harold Keke has been arrested and hundreds of firearms have been surrendered - events seen as the first steps in restoring law and order to the Pacific nation.
	www.abc.net.au /asiapacific/news/GoAsiaPacificBNP_928270.htm (198 words)

	Papua
		While World War II continues to absorb the interest of military scholars and historians, as well as its veterans, a generation of Americans has grown to maturity largely unaware of the political, social, and military implications of a war that, more than any other, united us as a people with a common purpose.
		seizure and occupation of the remainder of the Solomon Islands, Lae, Salamaua, and the northeast coast of New Guinea; and 3.
		Military intelligence, the basis of all operational planning, failed to provide a true understanding of the enemy on New Guinea.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/papua/papua.htm (6328 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Solomons refused military intervention
		Australia and New Zealand have ruled out military intervention in the Solomon Islands, despite the country's repeated requests for assistance.
		The Solomon Islands' Foreign Minister Patterson Oti had called for Canberra to send in troops ahead of a parliamentary vote on Thursday.
		Ceasefire in Solomon Islands (09 Jun 00
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/asia-pacific/788831.stm (436 words)

	SOLOMON ISLANDS: Ethnic conflict a legacy of imperialist exploitation
		The two main population centres in the Solomons are the mountainous island of Malaita (with a population of 100,000) and the main island of Guadalcanal.
		Kabutaulaka described Solomon Islands Plantation Limited (SIPL) on the Guadalcanal plains as “a classic example”: “Established in 1971 … for the indigenous landowners, the benefit from the plantation was marginal.
		The majority of the Royal Solomon Islands Police (including the crews of the Solomons Islands' two Australian-supplied patrol boats) defected to the MEF, resulting in the ousting of prime minister Ulufa'alu.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2003/544/544p17.htm (1669 words)

	Solomon Islands Success Enables Military Reduction
		The decision to implement the first reduction of the military component in the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) underscores the success of the mission so far.
		A review of the current security environment in Solomon Islands shows that significant advances have been made in stabilising law and order and bringing to an end the intimidation and violence that has plagued the lives of ordinary Solomon Islanders over the past three years.
		The decision to reduce the military component was made in consultation with Australia’s regional partners and the Solomon Islands Government.
	www.foreignminister.gov.au /releases/2003/joint_ellison_soloman.html (278 words)

	NZ contribution to Solomon Deployment - Green Party
		I think, to a large extent, it is the result of overseas interests such as Malaysian logging interests corrupting the political system to their own ends.
		Whereas what we want to do, and I think Bill English was right, is move as fast as possible to continue the process that began at Townsville in the year 2000 of trying to get the society and the various parties back together, and to work with the politicians and with the civil society.
		One of the problems with the political system is that it is first past the post, where I think one of the MPs is there on 13 percent of the vote because it is an inappropriate political system.
	www.greens.org.nz /searchdocs/speech6482.html (1436 words)

	ABC Asia Pacific - News - Asia Pacific News - Defence chief reveals details of Solomons military withdrawal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Chief of the Australian Defence Force, Peter Cosgrove, has revealed details of the planned phasing-down of the military mission in Solomon Islands.
		He says military numbers in Solomon Islands are being cut from 1,700 to 600 next month.
		The Defence Chief has told a Senate hearing in the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra, that the eventual aim is to have only one infantry company, drawing platoons from Fiji, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.
	abcasiapacific.com /news/stories/asiapacific_stories_982921.htm (219 words)

	cooltech.iafrica.com \| features Remote Solomons joins the web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Despite being known as the Pacific's first "failed state" and now under a benign Australian military occupation, the Solomon Islands is blazing a radical trail with a short-wave wireless internet network linking its remotest of islands and atolls.
		And as one of the only places on the globe outside of communication satellite footprints, modernising the communications system on the islands is an expensive proposition.
		But digital short-wave is different and in the Solomons it has been responsible for one of the world's furthest-flung wireless internet networks — all on a shoestring budget.
	cooltech.iafrica.com /features/260486.htm (711 words)

	Guadalcanal Journal
		(It was the longest, single military campaign in U.S. history.) American and Japanese forces clashed repeatedly for a period of six months in a fight to the death.
		Action is what he got at the pivotal battle of Hell’s Point (also known as the Battle of the Tenaru River), which he describes at length.
		The reason given for failure of the last attempts was due to men stopping to bring their wounded buddies in.
	www.guadalcanaljournal.com (2718 words)

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