JAPANESE PARLIAMENT QUESTIONS 911 ON NATIONAL TV (with engish subtitle

[Qbone]

9/11 Japan Parliament 1/10/2008 Pt 1/8 subtitles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH1UA3ijXug

Very intersiting.. part 1 of 8

 

[axj]

This is really big news. These videos were taken from Japanese live TV transmission from their parliament on January 10th.

Part 3 of 8 is especially interesting as they show photographs of the Pentagon attack as evidence that the official story cannot be true:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t-dZiNE9NI&feature=related

 

[axj]

The questioner (Mr. Fujita) is the leader of the opposition which has the majority in one of the houses of parliament in Japan. It looks like all this questioning in parliament about the truth of 9/11 had little result, as can be seen in these news reports:

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's parliament cleared the way Friday for its navy to return the Indian Ocean on a U.S.-backed anti-terror mission, after stiff lobbying from Washington in support of the measure.

Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said the new mission would be dispatched by the end of the month, launching a limited version of a six-year refueling operation that had been suspended in November.

Japan had refueled ships since 2001 in support of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, but was forced to abandon the mission last fall when the resurgent opposition blocked an extension.

The measure enacted Friday will limit Japanese ships to refueling boats not directly involved in hostilities in Afghanistan, a restriction aimed at winning over a public wary of violating the spirit of the pacifist constitution.

The United States had lobbied hard for the mission, and U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer made a rare public foray into domestic politics on the issue by meeting with lawmakers to urge their support.

Fukuda's government was deeply embarrassed by having to withdraw the mission in November, a step that cast doubt on how far Tokyo can back Washington in its global war on terrorist groups.

To get the mission approved, Fukuda's ruling coalition used a rare legislative procedure to overrule an earlier rejection of the bill in the opposition-controlled upper house by a two-thirds vote in the lower house.

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From: _http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iU33rssTJUmpsQ2H8Tt8JIxLeUDwD8U3KUF00

Japan Rejoins US Anti-Terrorism Mission

By ERIC TALMADGE
The Associated Press
Friday, January 11, 2008; 11:33 AM

TOKYO -- Japan's defense minister ordered the navy Friday to return to the Indian Ocean on a U.S.-backed anti-terrorism mission, ending a three-month hiatus but deepening political divisions with the opposition.

Washington lobbied strongly for the deployment, including a rare public foray into domestic politics by U.S. Ambassador Thomas Schieffer who had met with lawmakers to urge their support.

Japan had refueled ships since 2001 in support of U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, but was forced to abandon the mission in November, when the opposition blocked an extension, saying it violated Japan's pacifist constitution and did not have the United Nations' backing.

Public opinion polls show increasing support for sending troops abroad _ as long as it does not involve combat. But the opposition accused the ruling camp of forcing its will on the people.

Friday's order was issued by Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba after Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda's ruling coalition forced a bill through the country's parliament to revive the mission.

Fukuda said he expects the ships to leave by the end of the month, meaning they could be back in the Indian Ocean in February.

Unable to build a consensus, Fukuda's ruling coalition made the rare move of using its two-thirds majority in the lower house to overrule the opposition-controlled upper house, which voted down the mission on Thursday. It was the first such override since 1951.

"We want to restart this mission as soon as possible," Ishiba said. "We are committed to actively contribute to the fight against terrorism."

Under the new orders, Japanese ships will monitor possible terrorist activity at sea and will refuel and resupply ally vessels, but will not directly be involved in the hostilities in Afghanistan _ a restriction aimed at winning over a public wary of violating the spirit of the post-World War II constitution.

When the mission was halted, only two Japanese ships, a tanker and a destroyer, were in the region. The new mission was also expected to involve only two or three ships at a time.

Officials said the mission, though tightly restricted, symbolizes Japan's commitment to the war on terror and its support of Washington, its main ally and trading partner.

Fukuda and other ruling-party lawmakers have stressed that Japan must fulfill its obligations in the global war against terrorism and accept a security role commensurate with its economic clout.

Schieffer, the U.S. ambassador, lauded the bill's passage on Friday.

"Terrorism is the bane of our time," he said in a statement. "Japan has demonstrated its willingness to stand with those who are trying to create a safer, more tolerant world."

So far, Japan has supplied 132 million gallons of fuel to coalition warships, including those from the U.S., Britain and Pakistan, according to the Japanese government.

"This is a clear abuse of power," said Yoshito Sengoku, a lawmaker of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan. "The government will now surely lose the trust of the people."

From: _http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/11/AR2008011100435.html?hpid=moreheadlines

Of course no word at all about the 9/11 debate between the government and the Japanese opposition.

 

[Rich]

It's like a Japanese low budget loose change. I especially like part 5 where Mr Fujita demonstrates the unexplained collapse of WT7 with a copy of the 911 commission report.

 

[Aya]

So far, Japan has supplied 132 million gallons of fuel to coalition warships, including those from the U.S., Britain and Pakistan, according to the Japanese government.

The other day, I saw on TV that one of the politicians who used to work for Defense Minister accidentally said in public that Japan was going to Iraq as if they were supplying fuel but actually they were doing something else (such as keeping surveillance for America. ) It is clear that it is easier to buy fuels in Iraq for America and there is no point to bring back fuels with an Ａｅgis from Japan which they got it in Iraq.

It seems like Japan has faced with the dilemma of keep doing both "helping America" and "keeping the post-world War Constitution for keeping people's reliefs and good relationships with East Asia.