"How could terrorists have attacked the Pentagon?"

On January 11th 2008 member of Parliament Yukihisa Fujita of the Japan Democratic party, made a 20 minute long statement at the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Diet (parliament) of Japan. He questioned the official version of 9/11 presented to the Japanese government and the public by the US administration in a session of the defense commission. He asked the current Prime Minister Fukuda who was the Chief Cabinet Secretary under Koizumi cabinet in 2001.

“How could terrorists attacked the Pentagon?”

He asked whether Terrorism is crime or war. Some Japanese people were killed, so he believes this was a crime, so Japanese police should investigate the real suspect even though Japanese government assumed that the suspect was Al-Queda since Bush told Koizumi so and sent the self-defense force to Iraq. Can Japanese police arrest president Bush if he was one of the suspects?

The statement was made in connection with the discussion about the renewal of the Japanese logistic assistance program for the US navy in the “fight against terrorism”.

US President George W Bush has recently pressed Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda to ensure Tokyo resumes crucial naval operations to support the war in Afghanistan. The Japan Democratic party which is in the opposition is blocking the resumption of the mission,which supplies fuel and water to US-led forces operating in the Indian Ocean.

The government wants to continue and to be part of the fight against terrorism. The opposition argues that the operation has not been approved formally by the United Nations. It claims that oil supplied by Japanese ships has been diverted for use in operations in Iraq, an accusation the Americans deny.

The government has made changes to the legislation which authorizes the mission. It has to be renewed every year after approval by parliament. The new law says Japanese ships can only refuel and supply water to vessels on anti-terrorism patrols. Ships involved in military operations — whether they be attacks, rescue operations or humanitarian relief — will not receive Japanese supplies.

Yukihisa Fujita did question Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Minister of Finance Fukushiro Nukaga about the way in which the US government did inform the Japanese government about the people responsible for the 9/11 attacks.

Mr.Yukihisa Fujita stressed that of the 24 people that died on 9/11 only 13 were identified and 11 bodies remain unaccounted for. He pointed out that there was never an official police investigation into the deaths of these japanese nationals.

He then explained that in the USA many people doubt the official version of 9/11 and numerous websites and scientists have collected evidence that contradicts the governments version..

He presented several largescale photographs of:

a) the Pentagon entry and exit hole

b) the flight path towards the Pentagon

c) the exploding WTC towers

d) the WTC 7 collapse.

He concluded that the japanese governments support of the “war against terror” is solely based on information provided by the US-administration. He demanded further investigation in the face of the governments drive to support the war more actively.

Yukihisa Fujita was elected to the House of Councillors for the first time in 2007

The Democratic Party of Japan (Minshinto) is a social liberal political party founded in 1998 by the merger of several smaller parties.

It is the second-largest party in the House of Representatives and the largest party in the House of Councillors, and it constitutes the primary opposition to the long-dominant Liberal Democratic Party.