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  • FReeper Henry Lee II has passed away

    03/22/2005 7:40:51 AM PST · by End Times Sentinel · 174 replies · 7,172+ views
    March 22, 2005 | Owl_Eagle
    It is with deep sadness that I have to share the news of the passing of my dear friend and fellow FReeper, Henry Lee II.    In late February, he FReepmailed several of us and told us he had been diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, a blood disease that is rarely fatal.  However, complications arose and he went to heavan March 1st.    He leaves behind a young wife and two children, a daughter age 6 and a son age 3.   We will all remember him for his irreverent sense of humor, his love of posting to threads that...
  • Okinawans Ask Rumsfeld to Thin Out Troops

    11/17/2003 6:17:09 AM PST · by OESY · 113 replies · 338+ views
    New York Times ^ | November 17, 2003 | THOM SHANKER
    NAHA, Okinawa, Nov. 16 — The governor of Okinawa petitioned Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Sunday to reduce or relocate American military bases on this strategic Japanese island, and urged removing large numbers of American marines to reduce crime here. In an unusual act of very public diplomacy, the Okinawa government decided that the entire meeting between Mr. Rumsfeld and Gov. Keiichi Inamine would be opened to Japanese and foreign news organizations, assuring that his plea would receive a wide airing. Mr. Rumsfeld's other sessions with Japanese leaders during his two-day visit were held in private. The defense secretary...