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65 years later, his questions linger

Just 17 years old and six months removed from boot camp, Fenton was an oiler on the USS Boise as it escorted five merchant ships carrying air base construction materials across the Pacific to the Philippines. After midnight on the morning of Nov. 28, 1941, the light cruiser’s loudspeakers blared with orders for crew members to man their battle stations.

Fenton scrambled to the deck and saw two dozen ships of unknown origin about 3 miles away on the horizon, heading east.

COVER-UP/DECEPTIONS

So, here we have a US Navy ship that SAW the Japanese fleet headed towards Hawaii... and still the official story is that this was a surprise attack?

--EPA May Drop Lead Air Pollution Limits... The Bush administration is considering doing away with health standards that cut lead from gasoline, widely regarded as one of the nation's biggest clean1137; air accomplishments.
--Mexico Leader Swiftly Embraces Policies of His Leftist Opponent

-- Fine Print in Defense Bill Opens Door to Martial Law... By Jeff Stein, CQ National Security Editor  It's amazing what you can find if you turn over a few rocks in the anti­ terrorism legislation Congress approved during the election season.

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--Who Framed Roger Rabbit? by Israel Shamir

-- Immigrants needed:  more academic jobs in the UK should go to overseas candidates to ensure that British universities can maintain their worldwide reputation for excellence, the British Council said this week

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--B.C., Ottawa, aboriginals to sign two new treaties in three days

--China's wood products flood Canadian market

Dec 7/06 Update from Grand River...from Hazel

--Lies, Deceit, and Cover-Up: The Gordon Campbell B.C. Government

--Delta treaty worth $120m

--Wrong­ way pelican rescued from White Rock snowbank

--U.S. fails to protect asylum-seekers, group says:   A Canadian refugee group says the United States is no longer a safe haven for people who need protection, accusing Washington of flouting international rules against torture.

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Opinion–Editorials

TRUTHDIG INTERVIEW WITH MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR NIKKI KEDDIE
"The Good News Behind the Bad for Middle Eastern Women" -- Nikki Keddie, one of the nation's leading Middle East scholars, argues that despite Western stereotypes, women in many Middle Eastern countries are making great strides in terms of civil liberties and legal rights. But America's disastrous occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan threaten to undo much of the progress.

‘Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy’: A Documentary Film By John Pilger:  Pilger uncovers the shocking complicity of the US and GB governments in the East Timor genocide   the same governments who were willing to go to war with Saddam Hussein for his invasion of Kuwait, but who stood aside as Indonesia broke the exact same UN regulations to rape and pillage East Timor using Western arms.

ROBERT SCHEER ON THE DETENTION AND ABUSE OF JOSE PADILLA
"Robert Scheer: Becoming What We Despise" -- Truthdig's editor in chief Robert Scheer writes that the Founding Fathers won a war, but their true contribution to human history was to tackle head-on the reality that humans and their institutions can so easily become that which they despise.
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