Hello. I just sat down and began reading. This Osama release is new and saw some regarding nuke threat on 8/5. Would that be 8/5 here or there. Was Hiroshima 8/6 in Japan or 8/6 here or both? If it was 8/6 AM in Japan then it would have been 8/5 here. Does anyone know?
keywords: Iran, North Korea/JRA, spring 1995, Bekaa, Hezbollah, Mugniyeh, Zawahiri, proxy, 9/11 West Coast, Iraq/Abu Nidal, axis of evil, joint venture, August 6, New York, 8:15am Hiroshima time . . .
http://nucnews.net/nucnews/2001nn/0109nn/010911nn.htm#020
Caller claims US attacks by Japan's Red Army to avenge Hiroshima
2001-09-11
http://www.iii.co.uk/uknews/?articleid=4191542&action=article
AMMAN (AFX) - An anonymous caller claimed responsibility for the spate of attacks in the US on behalf of Japan's Red Army militant group to "avenge the dead of Hiroshima".
"An anonymous caller speaking Arabic like a foreigner claimed responsibility for the attacks in a call to our newspaper," the editor of the weekly Al-Wahdeh newspaper, Fakhri Kawar, told Agence France-Presse.
"He said the attacks were carried out to avenge the dead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki," he said.
Japan marked the 56th anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima by the United States during World War II on August 6. More than 200,000 people were killed in that attack, while Nagasaki was likewise bombed on August 9, 1945.
Kawar, a former deputy, said the caller gave no more details and hung up quickly. "We take this claim seriously," he said.
About 20 Japanese companies have offices in New York's World Trade Center twin towers which were hit by two planes in the presumed attacks, Japan Broadcasting Corp. reported.
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Japan's Red Army Claims Responsibility for US Attacks: Al Jazeerah
By Middle East News Online
September 11, 2001
http://www.middleeastwire.com/newswire/stories/20010911_3_meno.shtml
Amman (MENO) - In an unconfirmed report, sources from the Amman offices of Al Jazeerah satellite news channel indicated that a call came in from a caller who was "speaking Arabic with an accent" claimed that the Japanese Red Army is claiming responsibility for today's attacks against U.S. targets in New York and Washington D.C. Middle East News Online has been unable to verify these claims.
The communist group said that the attacks came in retaliation for US atomic bombs that killed thousands of Japanese in the World War II in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
The Japanese Red Army is an international militant group formed around 1970 after breaking away from Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. The JRA was led by Fusako Shigenobu until her arrest in Japan in November 2000. The JRA's historical goal has been to overthrow the Japanese Government and monarchy and to help foment world revolution.
Earlier today, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine initially took responsibility, but later an official from the organization denied any involvement. Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat condemned the attacks.
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Japanese Red Army (JRA)
Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB)
by John Pike,
Federation of American Scientists
Saturday, August 08, 1998 7:35:41 AM
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/jra.htm
An international terrorist group formed around 1970 after breaking away from Japanese Communist League-Red Army Faction. Led by Fusako Shigenobu, believed to be in hiding outside Japan. Stated goals are to overthrow Japanese Government and monarchy and to help foment world revolution. Organization unclear but may control or at least have ties to Anti-Imperialist International Brigade (AIIB). Details released following arrest in November 1987 of leader Osamu Maruoka indicate that JRA may have been organizing cells in Asian cities, such as Manila and Singapore. Has had close and longstanding relations with Palestinian terrorist groups--based and operating outside Japan--since its inception.
Activities
During the 1970s, JRA carried out a series of attacks around the world, including the massacre in 1972 at Lod Airport in Israel, two Japanese airliner hijackings, and an attempted takeover of the US Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. In April 1988, JRA operative Yu Kikumura was arrested with explosives on the New Jersey Turnpike, apparently planning an attack to coincide with the bombing of a USO club in Naples, a suspected JRA operation that killed five, including a US servicewoman. Kikumura was convicted of these charges and is serving a lengthy prison sentence in the United States. In March 1995, Ekita Yukiko, a longtime JRA activist, was arrested in Romania and subsequently deported to Japan.
The Japanese Red Army has stopped operating in Japan, though some of its members are in Lebanese camps. Others have joined revolutionary movements in Latin America, including in Peru and Colombia.
Strength
About seven hardcore members; undetermined number of sympathizers.
Location/Area of Operation
Formerly based in Syrian-controlled areas of Lebanon; current location of members and cells unclear.
External Aid
Unknown.