[AmericanInTokyo]

I must add a caveat that just because these imbeciles are wandering around, when they could at any time end up either as a human shield or a pile of dust, DOES NOT MEAN ALL JAPANESE ARE THIS DENSE. :-)

[VRWCmember]

"I studied world history. I wanted to see Mesopotamian (ancient Iraq) ruins and the scenes being covered by news stories," said Yusuke Shoji, 23, a resident of Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, who visited Iraq in a group of nine Japanese and British tourists last December.

Wait a few weeks. There will be a lot more ruins to be seen.

[Libloather]

"I wanted to see Mesopotamian (ancient Iraq) ruins and the scenes being covered by news stories..."

Duck...

[Shermy]

How soon you forget...

IDIOT AWARD: Two Japanese Tourists Stray Into Bethlehem War Zone

[George W. Bush]

A senior official at the Iraqi tourist authority said, "Our country is promoting a campaign to expand tourism in 2003 and plans to open travel agencies in the United States and Britain."

Great news for Iraqi tourism! I hear that Rumsfeld fellow in Washington has his very own agency that has booked hundreds of thousands of 'visitors' who will be touring Iraq in 2003.