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To: BenLurkin

Extremists behind explosion near US base in Japan

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-11-2002_pg4_9


35 posted on 02/12/2007 8:06:12 AM PST by GoLightly
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To: GoLightly

Thank you for the link

The blast occurred shortly after 11:00 pm Monday (1400 GMT) at a public park 500 metres (yards) from the US army’s Camp Zama, in Kanagawa, 40 kilometres (25 miles) southwest of Tokyo, police said. No one was injured in the attack, a Zama police spokesman said.

Police found a projectile launcher, a metal pipe about 55 centimetres (22 inches) long and about 5.5 centimetres in diameter, at the park as well as scorch marks on the ground, he said.

“The metal launcher was aimed at the US base and we suspect it was a guerrilla attack,” the official said, referring to Japanese radicals. Police found a second launcher, identical in design to the first pipe, and batteries in a thicket outside the park. “We have yet to find any explosives and I cannot confirm any projectiles actually entered the camp,” he said.


45 posted on 02/12/2007 8:12:09 AM PST by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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To: GoLightly

That's a report from 2002


50 posted on 02/12/2007 8:15:22 AM PST by Velveeta
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To: GoLightly

Thank you for your link.


91 posted on 02/12/2007 11:32:55 AM PST by Alia
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