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Article: SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: THE PEQUOT WAR
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- December 1, 2001
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United Press International
12-01-2001
Special Assignment: The Pequot War
LEDYARD, Conn., Dec 01, 2001 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- It's not like Pearl Harbor at all. It's like the Pequot War.
Since everyone's looking for the apt historical parallel -- a vicious attack on civilians by tribal warriors, followed by swift uncompromising retribution by a modern army -- we should look not to Pearl Harbor in 1941 but to southwestern Connecticut in 1634.
To do that, you can head up Connecticut Route 2, past white clapboard churches, doughnut shops, antique stores and bait shops, until you reach the Disneyesque casino called Foxwoods, which happens to be the biggest and most successful ...