Posted on 03/22/2009 12:12:13 AM PDT by Cindy
SNIPPET: "Fourteen years ago today Aum Shinrikyo released sarin gas on the Tokyo subway."
SNIPPET: "A final note - Aum Shinrikyo operatives, on the order of the cult's leader, underwent flight training in Florida. There is no evidence that they made any attempts to use this training. It is just an odd, disturbing coincidence."
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2009/03/remembering_the_tokyo_subway_a.php
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Remember it very well - was living in Tokyo at the time . Took a while before people stopped being suspicious of others carrying bags on trains , etc...Some old man busted my balls on a train from Osaka to Tokyo because I put a suitcase on the rack over his head when my seat was in another part of the car ! As if I would kill myself along with everybody else .
Well, he didn’t know you and anyone would be paranoid after something so horrible. You have ot admit, it would look suspicious. Even at airports there are a lot of rules, written and unwritten.
Was the cult leader executed
My ship came from Sasebo to Yokohama for a port visit shortly after the attacks. I remember feeling a little paranoid taking the train to Tokyo. But not paranoid enough to not go.
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