Iraqis Hold 3 Japanese, 7 South Koreans

Fox News Cable ^ | April 8, 2004

[TomGuy]

David Lee Miller on FoxNews reporting that 3 Japanese coalition soldiers may have been captured by the insurrectionists. Claim is from al-Jazeera. No independent confirmation.

[TomGuy]

Clarification: 3 Japanese civilians, per David Lee Miller.

Developing..................

[TomGuy]

Hostages' passports/pictures shown on al-Jazeera. Insurrectionists threatening to kill them unless Japan removes its troops. Hostages include men and women (exact numbers not identified). {FoxNews)

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[Bringbackthedraft]

Now they're saying to Japan get out in 3 days or we will kill them.

Interesting, lets see if the samuri spirit still lives on.

[2banana]

Islam - The Religion O'Peace and Tolerance.

Too bad we can't get some Japanese troops over there with a little Bushido...

[prairiebreeze]

Japan being given 3 days to get out of Iraq or they are threatening to kill the civilian hostages

Prairie

[CathyRyan]

I think I would ask the Japanese soldiers if they would like to come out and play. If they did things would get brutal.

[cardinal4]

Im angry today. The enemies at home coupled with the muslim murderers in the middle east have conspired to kill my country and countrymen. Level Fallujah..

[Catspaw]

What I have to say about those animals would surely get me banned.

[Ronin]

Two of the hostages, one male and one female were humanitarian aid workers. Interviews of them before their capture are being shown on NHK now.

[Ronin]

Prime Minister Koizumi is in an emergency session of his cabinet now.

[cardinal4]

Its time for the Arabs to take sides. I say give them 24 hours to state where their loyalty lies; with civilized society or in a backward region, still mired in medieval brutality. And I mean ALL ARABS!! At the same time, start dusting off the Minutemen. Prayers for the Japanese. I hope their captors die horribly and they are rescued unharmed..

[Poundstone]

I'm in Japan, watching this story now on NHK. This will be a HUGE story in Japan; it's probably hard for most Americans to understand how huge this story is here. Japanese have no experience with war or with being targeted by a foreign terrorist group (other than North Korea) since 1945.

It will be interesting to see how Japan copes with this, and how the public treats the Koizumi administration.

[Reb Raider]

I think we can thank Spain for getting the ball rolling. They were so compliant about removing troops to appease the terrorists that we can expect to see more of this. I feel sick for the hostages as they are in the hands of monstors without a conscience.

[Rams82]

""Two Iraqi groups seize 10 hostages from South Korea and Japan. “Insurgents” capture 7 South Koreans, shortly after unknown “Soraya al Mujeheddin” threatens to kill 3 Japanese hostages unless Japan evacuates its force from Iraq within three days. Arabic Al Jazeera TV airs tape of three Japanese men, one woman, in civilian garb.""

Debka

[TomGuy]

South Korean church group reportedly detained also, per FoxNews.

[Miss Marple]

As an aside, I propose levelling Al Jazeera. If that station weren't available to play all these hostage tapes, there would be little effectiveness in taking hostages.

[mhking]

Just saw the Al Jazeera video. Damn.

And now FNC is saying that seven members of a South Korean church group have been abducted as well.

This is getting out of hand.

Just damn.

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[Ronin]

Huge is right. I can't imagine what the reaction is going to be. Koizumi can't back down.