Posted on 11/28/2013 11:48:02 PM PST by Eleutheria5
Two explosions were heard near the US Air Force base located near the Japanese capital of Tokyo.
Japanese police and US officials reported that remnants of two IED's (Improvised Explosive Device) had been found in the area.
No caualties...
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No idea what to make of this. Wow.
Japanese police and US officials reported that remnants of two IED’s (Improvised Explosive Device) had been found in the area.
No caualties have been reported.
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ping!
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — A home-made cannon likely fired “projectiles” at Yokota Air Base on Thursday night, according to U.S. and Japanese officials.
Residents near the base, which serves as headquarters for U.S. Forces Japan, reported explosions at about 11.30 p.m., according to a Tokyo Metropolitan Police spokesman.
Police found two metal pipes, lead wire and a battery in an empty lot about 350 meters east of the base. Partly buried, the pipes pointed toward the base, said a spokesman for Tachikawa Police, which initially responded to the calls.
Yokota spokesman Capt. Ray Geoffroy confirmed the discovery of improvised launching devices near the base but said there are no reports of injuries or damage.
Jonathan Revell, 38, of Smyrna, Tenn., said he heard two loud bangs Thursday night from his home on the east side of the base. He went outside to investigate but didn’t hear any emergency vehicles responding.
“I thought it was kind of odd to hear fireworks at 11 p.m.,” he said. “I’ve been here a little over two years, and it’s the first time I’ve heard anything like that.”
Police and U.S. military officials have been searching for any “projectiles” that may have been fired, but none had been found as of Friday morning, the spokesman said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility, the spokesman said.
An anti-U.S. military, left-wing extremist group known as Kakurokyo has carried out similar attacks. The group is thought to be responsible for home-made mortar rockets found in November 2009 just outside Yokota and December 2009 near Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
There are few, if any, Muslims in Japan. The Japanese government makes it a point to keep them out.
But there are Koreans. Are any from North Korea?
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Sounds like the “mortars” which the IRA would use.
Thank you for the ping, Jet Jaguar.
China?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-29/an-china-japan-article/5125504
“Japan ‘prime target’ for East China Sea defence: Chinese state media”
Updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago
SNIPPET: “Chinese state-run media have identified Japan as Beijing’s “prime target” in its newly declared air defence zone, calling for “timely countermeasures without hesitation” if Tokyo defies it.”
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Previously...
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/11/23/0200000000AEN20131123002000315.html
“(LEAD) China sets up air defense zone over East China Sea”
2013/11/23 14:51
SNIPPET: “BEIJING, Nov. 23 (Yonhap) — China’s defense ministry said Saturday it has set up an Air Defense Identification Zone over the East China Sea, which includes airspace over a set of islands also claimed by Japan.
In announcing the zone, which went into force at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday and covers a wide area of the East China Sea between South Korea and Taiwan, the ministry said all aircraft entering the zone must report to Chinese authorities and follow their instructions.”
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/news/2013/11/29/0200000000AEN20131129007200315.html
“(2nd LD) China denounces Japan’s reported move with ASEAN against air zone”
2013/11/29 17:40
SNIPPET: “BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) — China lashed out Friday at a Japanese media report that Tokyo would seek cooperation with Southeast Asian nations to challenge Beijing’s newly declared air control zone over the East China Sea, labelling the reported move as “completely unreasonable.””
http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/radicals-eyed-after-weapons-fired-near-us-base-in-japan-452363
“Radicals eyed after weapons fired near US base in Japan”
World
Agence France-Presse
Updated: November 29, 2013 11:49 IST
SNIPPET: “Tokyo: Improvised rocket launchers were fired close to a US airbase near Tokyo, police and the American military said on Friday, with suspicions falling on one of Japan’s small ultra-leftist groups.
No-one was hurt and no damage was done in the incident, which media reported came just hours after the arrest of a senior member of a radical faction, and followed a pattern seen four years earlier.”
Agreed
In creasing number on the Left in Japan would like to see US bases gone...
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