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Explosion in Yokohama [breaking news?]
BBC 24 Hour News ^
| 03 Apr 2003
| BBC
Posted on 04/03/2003 8:51:13 AM PST by chilepepper
I just heard on BBC 24 Hour Live Video that there are reports of multiple explosions from the vecinity of the Yokohama Naval Station...
can anyone confirm this?
TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Japan
KEYWORDS: japan; nas; terrorism
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To: chilepepper
Remember that it is something like 1:00AM or 2:00AM over there.
To: chilepepper
BUMP for more info.
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:04:08 AM PST
by
BureaucratusMaximus
(if we're not going to act like a constitutional republic...lets be the best empire we can be...)
To: chilepepper
I'm sure we'll hear from AmericanInTokyo or one of the other Japanese Freepers if this is big. It could be an accident.
To: walden
There is NAS Atsugi... (Air wing based there)
An NS Yokusoka -- (ships based here)
Methinks.....
SOoo... which place had explosions???
Over...
To: Frank_Discussion
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I think it's shorter to Pyongyang from Iraq than, say, San Francisco.
To: Question_Assumptions
UTC/GMT is 17:06 on Thursday, April 03, 2003 |
the current time in Japan
02:06 AM Friday, April 04, 2003 Standard Time +0900 UTC
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To: walden; strela
The US Naval Base at Yokosuka, Japan is south of Yokohama on Tokyo Wan (bay). During WW II it was the headquarters of the Japanese Imperial Navy. We have used it as a Naval base since the conclusion of the war.
When I was stationed there we often had anti-Nuclear, anti-US protests outside the main gates. While these were large protests they were not violent and we passed through them like the wind.
The Carrier Battle Group stationed at Yokosuka is at sea and is in the Persian Gulf.
Regards,
TS
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To: chilepepper
Where is that exactly?
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:09:51 AM PST
by
rs79bm
(... Contructive criticism is fine, destructive is not ...)
To: GATOR NAVY
Ping, do you have any news about this? You okay?
To: martin_fierro
Thanks, martin_fierro. (I almost called you m_f, but thought it wouldn't make you too happy... hah!)
It may be transparent, but I've been mulling over the idea that with the taking of Iraq's petroleum, for a little while only, coupled with the recently expanded troop strength there, it might make a good staging point for a North Korean offensive. If it comes to that.
Idle thoughts from a civilian...
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:12:05 AM PST
by
Frank_Discussion
(Time is the fire in which we burn...)
To: chilepepper
If there was any truth to this the market would have reacted by now.
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:12:38 AM PST
by
TBall
To: Chancellor Palpatine
Bull-hockey. So far, King Ghidorah is 1-5 against Godzilla. Heck, his record was so bad that Toho had to cast him as a good guy in the latest movie to even give him a chance.
The Big G Rules!!
To: TBall
Fox has it on their trailer. Explosions set off "outside gates of Navel Base."
To: Jonah Hex
Look, the big G always gets a boost from the producers. In a fair fight, King Guidra would kick Godzilla's butt every time.
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:26:21 AM PST
by
Chancellor Palpatine
(Paleocons, the French and the UN - Excusing corrupt power mad dictators for decades)
To: leftiesareloonie
small stuff.
atsugi nas. usual kageki ha student radicals. probably launcher, or perhaps crude bomb.
yokota ab got one of these just about a month ago
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:27:12 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(KIM JONG IL is having another bad underwear day.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
small stuff.
usual crude launcher found by citizens. citizens heard two explosions.
launchers (two) were hot and smoking, and were on the grounds of an elementary school
yamato police bureau (for ayase town, kanagawa prefecture) states strongly it was a japanese 'gerira' (guerilla) launching. no injuries. two projectiles aimed at Atsugi NAS of the US Navy. no projectiles found.
does not merit concern at this time.
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:32:09 AM PST
by
AmericanInTokyo
(KIM JONG IL is having another bad underwear day.)
To: walden
In Yokohoma
38
posted on
04/03/2003 9:33:00 AM PST
by
ampat
To: Chancellor Palpatine
What, are you implying the fights are rigged?
![](http://www.reelclassics.com/Movies/Casablanca/images5/casablanca_bogie_rains_gunpoint.jpg)
"I'm shocked, shocked!"
:-)
To: Question_Assumptions
You're wrong. Yokohama is a brand of tires.
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posted on
04/03/2003 9:36:27 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
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