ANTI-USA/PRO-ACTIVIST JAPANESE WEBSITE OF JAPAN 'HOSTAGE' FOUND/TRANSLATED (IRAQ)

Noriaki Imai Website (in Japanese) ^ | 8 April 2004 | AmericanInTokyo (Freepranslation/Research)

[AmericanInTokyo]

Discovered, just now, on the internet in Japanese, and translated by Freeper “AmericanInTokyo”. This is the last e-mail dispatch (yesterday) in Japanese by Mr. Imai, who is reported to have been taken hostage and threatened with death by terrorists in Iraq, along with (2) other young Japanese.

The writings are on a Japanese language website that gives strong indication that the kidnapped Mr. Noriaki Imai was connected to an anti-American, pro-peace activist group in Japan, with activities centering on "DU" (depleted uranium) and the US mission in Iraq. To readers in Japan, he makes reference to his dangerous travel yesterday from Amman, Jordan, to Baghdad, along with another Japanese who is also listed as a kidnap victim. It is now reported he and the other two Japanese never made it to Baghdad, and have been given three days to live by Islamofascist terrorists.

The Japanese website of the kidnapped Japanese Mr. Imai is: http://www.nodu-hiroshima.org/

Further, he writes in his e mail (yesterday) that he his being accompanied by Miss Nahoko Takahashi (who has also been captured and threatened with death). One can conclude that either the hostages were sympathetic to the enemy but are being used by them, or there is perhaps a conspiracy by the “hostages” to get Japan to withdraw from Iraq (since that was the intent of the political homepage, in Japanese, of Mr. Imai and his associates) URL:

Text:

”E mail from Imai-san, on Wednesday, April 7, at around 3:00 a.m. “This is Imai. I am sending this to various people. I had intended to depart around 6:00 a.m., but now it is 10:00 a.m. and I am leaving. Well, there is a lot of concern about the safety of the situation, but in another sense there are also no concerns about safety, so I am just leaving it up to fate, as it were.

” I met a ‘free cameraman’ at the Cliff (spelling) Hotel, and got along well with that person. He said he is going to Baghdad by chance, both both Ms. Takahashi (note: also a hostage) and he and I will go down there together. I also met, per chance, Ms. Noriko Morisawa at the Cliff Hotel. I talked a lot with her until just now. I also learned that ( also a journalist) Ms. Mizue Furuya is also here in Amman, so I have become a little more happy.

At any rate, tomorrow (it will be near midnight in Japan), I think we will reach Baghdad. After that, we can go with the JVC’s Hara-san to Mansour Hospital as well as Central Hospital. At any rate, it looks like I can move around with Hara in Baghdad for the time being.

Regarding photograph(s), it is difficult to say if I can get photos in Baghdad because of the chaotic situation ,but I did get photos in Amman.

I don’t think I can send another email from Amman, but I should be able to send from Baghdad next time. Of course, I hope it will be easy, but the situation has considerably worsened from yesterday, so I am a bit concerned.

At any rate, I want to pray for the fate of both Takahashi-san and the free cameraman we are with. From, a little nervous Imai.” (Note: Imai is with Ms. Takahashi. And you can access her website from Iraq at http://www.clubwee.com/bbs2/light.cgi

[AmericanInTokyo]

Mr. Noriaki Imai, Hostage from Japan, now in Iraq, on his anti-US/pro-peace activist Japanese website:

[finnman69]

wow, sort of Rachel Corrie types. Could the whole thing be a set up?

[OXENinFLA]

Does this guy think he is using the captors?

[Support Free Republic]

Help prevent this type of
Air Force One NIGHTMARE
from EVER happening again!

Support Free Republic!!!

Click Here to Donate to Free Republic By Secure Server

Or mail checks to:        
FreeRepublic , LLC
PO BOX 9771
FRESNO, CA 93794

Or you can use:                     
PayPal at Jimrob@psnw.com

STOP BY AND BUMP THE FUNDRAISER THREAD-
Found in the breaking news sidebar!
Fawnn

[threat matrix]

Oh great, you're telling me they are with the peaceniks/Sean Penn crowd?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Great find and thanks for the hard work and alerting us. Please let us know if the Japanese media reports these "hostages" but not their motives.

Just when you think the left can't go any lower.

[livius]

Great find bump! Thanks for your translation.


I wonder if there's any way of spreading the word about this to the news media or some such thing. It could certainly bring up some questions about the whole thing.

[God luvs America]

First...I hope they survive.

Second....how ironic this would be if true

Third...if it is in fact true let's see if the left-leaning media even mentions it.

[olde north church]

I was kidnapped as a child, a ransom note was sent to my parents along with one of my fingers.
My father sent a note back requesting more evidence.

[Peter J. Huss]

Are you joking?

[Flightdeck]

I wonder if this might just change their opinion of who the bad guys are.

[sonsofliberty2000]

I'm lost. Crazy peaceniks...

Back to the Condi thread...

---

Patriot Paradox

[olde north church]

I''m sorry, yes, I'm joking. It's an old Rodney Dangerfield.
This "peace pimp", if I may coin a phrase, doesn't deserve any respect while soldiers are under the gun.

[cripplecreek]

SEND IN THE HUMAN SHIELDS!!!!

[BJClinton]

He can type can't he?

[sheik yerbouty]

Sean Penn Laden...

[Poohbah]

Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.

Be drinking buddies with jihadis, get taken hostage.

[William Martel]

For some reason, that scene from Die Hard where the cheesy guy goes into the head terrorist's office to try to "negotiate" with McClane over the telephone comes to mind...

Shilling for terrorists is dangerous business.

[WOSG]

Setup or a guy just trying out for a Darwin award?

[BlazingArizona]

Dear Mr. Prime Minister: Time to use the stockpiled plutonium byproduct from the nuclear fuel recycling program.