The Japanese Man Who Got Captured By ISIS Is a Confirmed Muslim Jihadist

Shoebat Foundation ^ | January 20, 2015 | Walid Shoebat

[george76]

Last week, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged $200 million in non-military assistance to support countries affected by the campaign against ISIS during an ongoing six-day Middle East tour. Today ISIS released a video threatening to kill two Japanese hostages unless they receive a $200 million ransom in the next 72 hours. What the media is not telling you is the true scoop: one of these two Japanese is a Muslim jihadi who converted to Islam and that Tokyo is unlikely to pay a $200 million ransom to free the two hostages and if they are beheaded (which most likely they will), this plays right into Shinzo Abe’s game plan against the country’s anti-war constitution.

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One of the hostages is Haruna Yukawa, his first name is not Haruna but Harukana Yukawa and his Facebook shows him handling an AK47 quite well. Harukana twisted his name to an Islamic name Harun, a common Muslim name.

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There are believed to be around 100,000 Muslims in Japan. Prior to the emergence of ISIS, one can find many examples of so-called moderate Muslims in Japan turn wild. Take for example, Hassan Ko Nakata

[Rockpile]

I know there is a Mt Haruna because of the battleship named for it. It’s the one American news accounts sank three or four times.

[bus man]

I know there is a Mt Haruna because of the battleship named for it. It’s the one American news accounts sank three or four times.

Funny you should mention that. I have an odd fascination with the oft-"sunk" Haruna, which is why I looked into the name itself and learned that the ship was named after the mountain, and that the name has since become a popular female name in Japan. It's the name that's what caught my notice about the ISIS hostage.

[livius]

Well, isn’t that interesting. Of course, the traitor Bergdahl was also probably a Muslim convert, like his daddy (judging by the beard and the clothing), and we lost several good men and Obama probably paid lots of money to get him back. And now he’s not even going to be charged even though the military obviously wants charges against him, which is why the report hasn’t been released.

So the Japanese aren’t the only ones with this problem.

[livius]

To get money.

[Rockpile]

I’m interested in the Pacific War. Had my dad’s Ike jacket with the 5th Air Force patch when I was in high school. Am reading Neptune’s Inferno right now about the Guadalcanal naval campaign. I used to work with two former Marines who were on Guadalcanal and one guy who was a sailor on the Dent. They had a some interesting stories.

[bus man]

I imagine that your Marine coworkers would be less than thrilled about the Haruna, as that's the ship that (along with the Kongo) shelled Henderson Field so effectively. It was one of the very few times during the entire war that any of the IJN battleships performed any sort of useful service for their country.

(Sorry for taking this thread off-track, everyone.)

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, one beheading is as good as another.

[nikos1121]

I saw that. The guy went there to fight with them. The other guy is a journalist.

[nikos1121]

I’ve got a sudden urge for Sushi tonight.

[SunkenCiv]

[singing] If you knew sushi, like they know sushi...

[Rockpile]

The Hiei and Kirishima were going to but never made it.

[lavaroise]

Hillarious. Sounds like a Manga take back