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

Thanks a lot. Either 'staged', or terribly stupid on their part. I hope no innocents are killed.

81 posted on 04/09/2004 1:21:01 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)

To: AmericanInTokyo

Bump... for updates...

82 posted on 04/09/2004 2:34:10 PM PDT by bellas_sister (" Senator, do you know there's a girl found dead in your car?")

To: AmericanInTokyo

Thanks for the confirmation of what I assumed as soon as I heard that the woman was a peace activist. Good work.

83 posted on 04/09/2004 10:54:37 PM PDT by Eva

No wonder they will be released.

It didn't work.

84 posted on 04/10/2004 5:49:18 PM PDT by MonroeDNA (PLEASE become a monthly donor. Just $3 a month by credit card?)

To: AmericanInTokyo

For what it's worth....

The "Healing Iraq" blog site( http://healingiraq.blogspot.com/ ) has posted a local rumor that the whole "Japanese hostage" thing is a setup.

So.... you're the only one wondering about this.

85 posted on 04/10/2004 5:59:03 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg

To: ArmstedFragg

Did not quite understand what you meant by your post.

But at any rate, it is leaking out now that one of the Japanese hostages (the female NGO worker) Ms. Takato is now reported to have MADE CONTACT EARLIER IN BAGHDAD WITH AN AFFILIATED ANTI-US IRAQI TERRORIST GROUP CALLED "ARMY OF MOHAMMED". This is being carried in the Middle East press. The terrorist organization is said to be affiliated with the group that is new (one month old) in Fallujah, that claimed responsibility for "kidnapping" the Japanese the other day. Stinks to high heaven.

Further, the Yahoo Japan chat board on this topic (yahoo.co.jp) in Japanese is burning up at this moment. About one post every 30 seconds. And it would seem about 2 in 3 Japanese posters are saying things like "it's a set up!", and "something stinks", "Koizumi should not meet with these jerks when they get back to Japan" and "arrest the three when they arrive back in Japan for interfering in Japan's foreign policy" and "take their passports away and forbid them from international travel for three years because they are leftist troublemakers", and other posts questioning their leftist affiliations and their mysterious "kidnapping." There is a lot of speculation out there. (10:25 pm Eastern Time)

86 posted on 04/10/2004 7:29:19 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)

To: AmericanInTokyo

This is written on the largest forum in Japan,"Channel-2".
Whether this is true or not, most Japanese doubt the abduction.

questionable points of this abduction
#the responsibility claim has NO religious rhetoric,or expressions like "Al-Qaeda"
#the claim is dated by A.D., not Islamic calendar(though 4/11,the deadline date, is the significant day for Shiite, Islamic calendar is not used. Why?)
#the claim is dated by Japanese way(year/month/day)
#the video camera used for the film is made in Japan(It's a SONY!)
#According to aljazeera, the terrorists are strange to them.

I can't translate anymore because of my poor English ability.
You should check it out.
http://news10.2ch.net/news5plus/

87 posted on 04/10/2004 7:41:49 PM PDT by Tatsu

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88 posted on 04/10/2004 7:50:37 PM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Another vote here for Bush, only IF Congress ends up defeating his illegal immigration amnesty law)

To: AmericanInTokyo

Did not quite understand what you meant by your post.

Understandably. I left out a word. It should have read, "you're NOT the only one wondering".

The site I referenced is run by an Iraqi dentist who is, at the moment, in the neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad. So, the questioning of the legitimacy of this whole thing seems pretty widespread.

89 posted on 04/10/2004 9:16:10 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg

To: AmericanInTokyo

Came back to this thread to bump it a little since I heard today that the Japanese hostages are going to have to pay lots of yen for their own "rescue." Did I hear right?

90 posted on 04/27/2004 4:56:08 PM PDT by arasina (So there.)

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