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

[finnman69]

"Hans! Bubbie! I'm your White Knight!"

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Wow,if this is true, what a sh-ty bad idea of his to go to Iraq.

[Alia]

Dunno. But Japanese Leaders are standing firm on NOT withdrawing troops.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Correction. Name is TAKATO not TAKAHASHI. Was going on earlier Japanese news reports. Female's last name is "Takato". At any rate, I am suspicious of motives here.

[bmwcyle]

VOTES ARE NEEDED NOW

[AmericanInTokyo]

Top headline from major Japanese newspaper just now: "Japan's Decision to Support US Troops in Iraq Shaken With Adbduction of Japanese". Now they are going to start in with it. Sheesh.

[OXENinFLA]

I was thinking more of Robert Downey JR. in 'Natural Born Killers'.

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Have you noticed that the Japanese prime minister does not seem to care if Mr. Imai will be made into shi'ite barbeque. He has no intention of pulling Japanese troops out of Iraq and another 1,200 are due to be deployed in a few weeks.

[Betis70]

That scene came to my mind as well, I just couldn't place it.

[eddie willers]

Be drinking buddies with jihadis, get taken hostage.

I imagine they will be crying, "But will we were only trying to help" just before their throats are cut.

[mtbopfuyn]

Hmmm.

[eddie willers]

"But will we were only trying to help"

Yikes...I don't know where that "will" came from.

[Betis70]

Wasn't Daniel Pearl also trying to write a positive piece on the terrorists before HIS throat was cut?

[wtc911]

Good work.

[ishabibble]

Agreed. The first footage I saw was quite suspicious. Looked like this bunch wasn't very upset at all to be "kidnapped" by murderous fanatics. Seemed kind of staged. So, I am not at all surprised by this news. I just hope that the next laser guided bomb can be used to "release" them.

[Peter J. Huss]

He could be using one of those pencil things, holding it in his mouth, pecking at the keyboard.... maybe?

[ErnBatavia]

At any rate, I am suspicious of motives here.

Ditto...great find, by the way.

[Alia]

It's from Yahoo. It's a bodice-ripper headline. Japan and Korea both have had some major "anti-American" protests in the last few weeks. I doubt Japan will withdraw troops. Unless, perhaps, China begins apply their nasty pressure, again. (They aren't having much success in re Taiwan.) Squeeze plays are going on all over. Thank YOU very much for finding the data on the hostages; and posting here. Japan cannot afford to withdraw their troops; given US/Japan trade relations, currently. IMHO. I knew as soon as that idiot mother from Alameda, CA went over to "visit" her son serving in Iraq -- it was just the beginning of "other anti-war" waves. And in re Dems and their polluted air in re "Tet" "Viet Nam" -- obviously they are SOMEHOW aware that squeeze plays were (are) being set IN ADVANCE OF OPERATION VIGILANT RESOLVE.

[monday]

"Wasn't Daniel Pearl also trying to write a positive piece on the terrorists before HIS throat was cut?"

No! No one was writing positive pieces on terrorists then. It was only months after 9-11.

[bored at work]

I'm sorry but I gotta say, Mr. Noriaki Imai, you have the funniest looking mug I have ever seen. Oh, btw,why would Iraq have depleted uranium?