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2004-10-31 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Fred 2004-10-31 9:14:44 PM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I wonder how long certain parties in Japan will stew over something like this before getting extreme, as in dispatching some first rate assassins to work a little revenge.

Posted by Anonymoose 2004-10-31 12:29:46 AM|| 2004-10-31 12:29:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Mmmmmmmm. Japanese backpacker in Iraq???? Tourist???? Mmmmmmmmm.

Posted by John Q. Citizen 2004-10-31 6:01:15 AM|| 2004-10-31 6:01:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Anonymoose, you mean ninjas? Yeah, what ever happened to that great tradition?

Posted by V is for Victory 2004-10-31 7:19:50 AM|| 2004-10-31 7:19:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Notice that he was savagely murdered w/in days of his kidnapping, unlike the previous Japanese "hostages".

Notice also that he was not produced in a pleading video. He probably refused to cooperate. God bless his soul.

Initial reports were that he was travelling around the world and made an impulse decision in Jordan to cross the border for a few days, despite pleas from locals (not sure we can believe them). I've met a number of such lonely, young Japanese travellers in Asia. Usually quite smart, and daring.

Posted by Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-10-31 8:43:55 AM|| [http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/categories/currentEvents/] 2004-10-31 8:43:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Evry time I hear about the death cultists(tm)dissing Japan, I cant help but think about the stories that grampa used to tell about WW II in the Pacific. I hope we haven't completely beaten it out of them.

Posted by N Guard 2004-10-31 8:46:40 AM|| 2004-10-31 8:46:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Do the Japanese have the third or fourth largest commitment in Iraq?

Posted by Don 2004-10-31 1:13:27 PM|| 2004-10-31 1:13:27 PM|| Front Page Top

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