Japanese Hostage Taken by al-Zarqawi

[matsuki]

[Samurai_Jerk]

It could be codeword for "I am being forced to read out this prepared statement verbatim" which doesn't really need to be said. The reports on Kenji Goto Jogo and Haruna Yakwa ostensibly originate with Daesh.


Japanese language net speculation is that it is a baptismal name, but anyone with knowledge of Christian culture will consider that unlikely.

I was wondering if it had something to do with his conversion to Christianity, but I agree that doesn't seem likely. Maybe it's a nickname he went by in the Middle East.

[Salty]

As horrible as the beheading of captives is – ISIS isn`t the first group to use this practice to terrify an enemy and bolster the resolve of their own combatants.

All of these countries have used decapitation: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Iran, Qatar, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, India, China, Korea, Thailand, Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Germany, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Spain, Mexico, and yes - Japan. (ref- Wiki)

[matsuki]

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I am an adult....that writes in crayon

[wagyl]

Best of those that I have seen:

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Source

[IparryU]

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_new ... 1501250027

UPDATE: Families, colleagues shocked by new video of Japanese hostages

Families and colleagues of the two Japanese held hostage by the Islamic State were shaken by a video claiming that one of the captives had been slain.

In the video posted online late on Jan. 24, freelance journalist Kenji Goto, 47, was shown holding a photograph of what appeared to be the body of private military contractor Haruna Yukawa, 42, another hostage.

“I am only staggered,” Junko Ishido, 78, Goto’s mother, told reporters at her home in western Tokyo in the early hours of Jan. 25. “I wondered if something like this could really happen in the real world. I just can’t believe it.”

[Coligny]

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I am an adult....that writes in crayon

Hey, at least he's not eating them...

[Mike Oxlong]

Jordan Agrees to Release Terrorist in Exchange for Pilot Held by ISIS

The Jordanian government agreed on Wednesday to release a convicted terrorist in exchange for the freeing of an air force pilot captured by Islamic State militants in Syria a month ago, according to a statement released on Jordanian state television just before a deadline set by the extremists.

The militants had threatened to kill the pilot and a Japanese journalist if the deadline was not met. The Jordanian statement made no mention of the fate of the journalist.

“Jordan confirms that it is completely prepared to release the prisoner Sajida al-Rishawi if Moaz al-Kasasbeh is released and his life is intact,” the statement said.

The minister of state for media affairs, Mohammad Momani, said that Jordan’s priority from the start of the crisis had been to ensure the life of the pilot, state television reported.

The father of the air force pilot, First Lt. Moaz al-Kasasbeh, had appealed on Wednesday for King Abdullah II of Jordan to free a female suicide bomber in exchange for the release of his son by Islamic State militants — an unusually public outpouring of anger toward the Jordanian authorities.

The father, Youssef al-Kasasbeh, broke weeks of silence, requested by government officials, to make the demand at a demonstration calling for the bomber, Ms. Rishawi, to be exchanged for Lieutenant Kasasbeh.

A video attributed to the extremist organization that was made public on Tuesday featured an appeal from the Japanese journalist, Kenji Goto, for Ms. Rishawi’s release in exchange for his own. Mr. Goto said that both he and the pilot would otherwise be killed, but he did not indicate whether the extremists had also proposed releasing the pilot.

Ms. Rishawi was one of four suicide bombers who attacked three hotels in Amman, the Jordanian capital, in 2005, killing more than 57 people; her explosive vest did not detonate, and she was soon captured and later sentenced to death.

“Who is Sajida to us?” Mr. Kasasbeh said on Wednesday at a demonstration of several hundred in support of his son. “Sajida is a burden on us, let them release her. I am asking for the release of Sajida and all the prisoners, and the return of Moaz to us. Keeping her in prison is a burden on us.”

The pilot’s mother, who declined to give her name, also spoke. “When he joined the air force I expected him to defend Jordan, but not to go fight in another country,” she said of her son. “This is not our business being there.”

Many of the demonstrators shouted slogans critical of the government and of King Abdullah, and while such conduct has led to arrests in the past, the authorities stood by without intervening. The protest began late Tuesday night and continued into the early morning hours, when Mr. Kasasbeh made his comments.

Lieutenant Kasasbeh comes from a prominent family and a large tribe from the central Jordanian city of Karak. Jordanian officials were concerned enough about his relatives’ reaction that King Abdullah visited them a day after the pilot’s capture, on Dec. 24.

The pilot is the first prisoner from the American-led coalition to have been taken by the Islamic State since the coalition began airstrikes against the organization. Jordan is one of four Arab countries participating in the Syria strikes.

Based on Mr. Goto’s statements in the video posted on Tuesday, the deadline to reach a deal was to expire Wednesday afternoon, Jordanian time.

“I only have 24 hours left to live, and the pilot has even less,” Mr. Goto said in the video, which was posted on Twitter accounts used by the extremists, according to the SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors jihadist organizations. “Any more delays by the Jordanian government will mean they’re responsible for the death of their pilot, which will then be followed by mine.”

As recently as Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Kasasbeh, the pilot’s father, had refused to discuss his son’s case, saying the government had asked him to let it handle the matter in confidence. He said concerns that the Japanese journalist would be released but that his son would not prompted his change in stance.

“Why should we negotiate for a Japanese? We care about our own son,” he said...

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/29/world ... .html?_r=0

[matsuki]

He said concerns that the Japanese journalist would be released but that his son would not prompted his change in stance.

“Why should we negotiate for a Japanese? We care about our own son,” he said...

The islamic rejects are better at political maneuvering than the politicians...

[Salty]

I may have missed it, but I haven`t heard of Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld offering themselves for exchange with the hostages.

[Russell]

I may have missed it, but I haven`t heard of Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld offering themselves for exchange with the hostages.

That's because they are chicken hawks.

[Coligny]

I may have missed it, but I haven`t heard of Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld offering themselves for exchange with the hostages.

¿Que?

Holy non sequitur Batman ! Since when did we stop laming Obomba the Kenyan for everything from bad weather, to... Lack of bad weather (!?) with twinkies shortage inbetween...

[Yokohammer]

I gotta say ... with the 24/7 media circus, flustered politicians scrambling around, and cabinet members being pulled out of the diet-in-progress to attend "crisis meetings," the terrorists have garnered a huge win here.

Maybe I'm just a political/diplomatic ignoramus, but wouldn't it have been better to handle this quietly in the background? Whadda freakin' PR windfall for the bad guys. The sick bastards are getting everything they want and more. The J-governments (Japanese and Jordanian) are giving them a bonus, fer chrissake!

What am I missing? Or has this really been handled as badly as it looks?

[Russell]

And now some deranged Japanese citizens may also want to join those extremists (copy-cat behavior).

[Coligny]

What am I missing? Or has this really been handled as badly as it looks?

Can't tell until they receive the guy's head in a mail parcel.

For now it's already not bad as study case of what not to do. But there's room for fucking up even better...
It's Japan afterall. They have the capacity to come on top for things whose stupidity would make legitimate governement collapse onto themselves like blackholes or at least become reference material for electoral suicide. Their capacity for walking covered head to toe in shit while acting like if everything was fine stays unrivalled (ok, maybe Bagdad Bob could have claimed the same title but he's gone now).

[matsuki]

I gotta say ... with the 24/7 media circus, flustered politicians scrambling around, and cabinet members being pulled out of the diet-in-progress to attend "crisis meetings," the terrorists have garnered a huge win here.

Maybe I'm just a political/diplomatic ignoramus, but wouldn't it have been better to handle this quietly in the background? Whadda freakin' PR windfall for the bad guys. The sick bastards are getting everything they want and more. The J-governments (Japanese and Jordanian) are giving them a bonus, fer chrissake!

What am I missing? Or has this really been handled as badly as it looks?

The good ol divide and conquer works well when your enemies are of the "Why should we negotiate for a xxxxxx? We care about our own" mindset.

[Salty]

I may have missed it, but I haven`t heard of Bush, Cheney, or Rumsfeld offering themselves for exchange with the hostages.

¿Que?

Holy non sequitur Batman ! Since when did we stop laming Obomba the Kenyan for everything from bad weather, to... Lack of bad weather (!?) with twinkies shortage inbetween...

Yea - my bad... it may have been my dementia kicking in there... I plumb forgot about the alien president, a Muslim too....

[matsuki]

I wonder if the Aloha Ackbar state buttraped Goto like the Jordanian seems to have been: http://www.bestgore.com/torture/jordani ... mic-state/

"We shot him down!! Quick, get his pants off!!"

[Samurai_Jerk]

I wonder if the Aloha Ackbar state buttraped Goto like the Jordanian seems to have been: http://www.bestgore.com/torture/jordani ... mic-state/

"We shot him down!! Quick, get his pants off!!"

Didn't they find lots of weed and porn in bin Laden's compound?

[wagyl]

Take is slipping if he has been scooped by Tamogami (AKA Ishihara-lite. You remember, the one who had a photo-op with Haruna Yukawa....)

Kenji Goto, kidnapped by the Islamic State, has a different surname to his mother, Junko Ishido. What's going on here? It is being said on the internet that it is because they are Zainichi using Tsushomei. I don't know if that is true or not, but I want the media to investigate Goto's past and publish it.

Not sure if this counts as crazy or not, but giving a straight link https://twitter.com/toshio_tamogami/sta ... 6304702464

Can I be the first to say "You shit!"?

[Yokohammer]

Take is slipping if he has been scooped by Tamogami (AKA Ishihara-lite. You remember, the one who had a photo-op with Haruna Yukawa....)

Kenji Goto, kidnapped by the Islamic State, has a different surname to his mother, Junko Ishido. It is being said on the internet that it is because they are Zainichi using Tsushomei. I don't know if that is true or not, but I want the media to investigate Goto's past and publish it.

Not sure if this counts as crazy or not, but giving a straight link https://twitter.com/toshio_tamogami/sta ... 6304702464

Can I be the first to say "You shit!"?

You're kidding. I mean he's kidding, right? Is it really possible, as a citizen of Japan as opposed to being a member of the Daesh, to be such a complete asshole in a situation like this? What fucking difference does it make?

EDIT: I read the tweet, you're not kidding. That's almost sick enough to make me wonder if his account has been hacked.

[wagyl]

I'm pretty sure his brain escaped decades ago.

[Yokohammer]

How irresponsible and stupid. High profile people like that making comments like that are exactly the kind of thing that gets Japan labelled as a racist cesspool. What a moron.

Edit again: for posterity and the benefit of other J-readers:

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[wagyl]

Wikipedia page is an amusing read all round. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshio_Tamogami

Edit: in fact, there is a cameo appearance by Shoichi Watanabe, mentioned viewtopic.php?f=11&p=356181#p356173

[matsuki]

I wonder if the Aloha Ackbar state buttraped Goto like the Jordanian seems to have been: http://www.bestgore.com/torture/jordani ... mic-state/

"We shot him down!! Quick, get his pants off!!"

Didn't they find lots of weed and porn in bin Laden's compound?

I think so...all I know is the buddy of mine over in the sandbox that is like the personal handyman of many of the royal families, he's got stories of these royal "strict muslims" getting wasted, coked up, banging imported hookers, eating bacon, and having just about every type of "fun" the extremists preach against. Of course, it's mostly done within the safety of their private compounds so...

[Salty]

I assumed that the name difference was because he was `adopted` into his wife`s family since there was no son.

[Coligny]

I wonder if the Aloha Ackbar state buttraped Goto like the Jordanian seems to have been: http://www.bestgore.com/torture/jordani ... mic-state/

"We shot him down!! Quick, get his pants off!!"

Depend if they wear pants under their flightsuit... Lose the flightsuit... Lose your pants...
With the anti-g over pants might want to avoid too much layer down there.

[matsuki]

I wonder if the Aloha Ackbar state buttraped Goto like the Jordanian seems to have been: http://www.bestgore.com/torture/jordani ... mic-state/

"We shot him down!! Quick, get his pants off!!"

Depend if they wear pants under their flightsuit... Lose the flightsuit... Lose your pants...
With the anti-g over pants might want to avoid too much layer down there.

...and underwear? Seems really odd to go commando if you have an undershirt on but maybe that's just how he rolls?

[Coligny]

Don't fighter pilot wear diapers these days ? Ever taken few G's with loose bowels...

[Russell]

Fuck, I can't stand this Japanese TV.

All these reporters talking in a voice as if they are counting down to the New Year.

Two persons' lives are at stake, fur got sake.

Then they showed this excited Japanese reporter in front of the relatives of the Jordanian pilot, who are obviously very tense. But he didn't get the message, even when those relatives made angry hand gestures. Can't this guy show respect?