Japanese Hostage Taken by al-Zarqawi

[Big Booger]

Seems the body found earlier today wasn't that of this guy.

But likely just a matter of time until his shows up in some state of disrepair...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/10/30/japan.hostage/index.html


Can you imagine what the family is going through? Yep, he's dead. Nope he's not. Yes he is.. no he is not!

Make up your mind..

[Steve Bildermann]

Maybe just another rumour...

Headless Asian Body Found in Iraq

The decapitated body of an Asian man shown in a video shot in Baghdad appears to be that of missing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda, Reuters witnesses who viewed the video said on Saturday.

The video showed the severed head of a Japanese-looking man which resembled photographs of Koda. Iraq (news - web sites)'s Interior Ministry said it could be that of the kidnapped Japanese backpacker.

Iraqi police found the headless body of the Asian man in Baghdad on Saturday.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=7&u=/nm/20041030/ts_nm/iraq_body_dc

[Taro Toporific]

Maybe just another rumour...
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry is saying on TV on that they IDed the body. Koizumi is being shown leaving the Foreign Ministry meeting and it's a "done-deed".


Beheaded body found in Baghdad confirmed as that of Japanese hostage
TOKYO Oct. 31, 2004 10:24am Kyodo -The decapitated body of an Asian man found in Baghdad on Saturday was identified as that of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, the Japanese government said Sunday.

[Bongo]

Yeah, it seems the Koizumi crime syndicate was trying to play it down until they could figure out how to distance Koizumi's flip remark to reporters in Nigata about "We will not give in to terrorists" down.

Interestingly, there were initial reports that Shosei Koda had some kind of relationship to the SDF. This was later denied.

[Bongo]

They just said on the news that an Arab website has received the video of Koda getting beheaded.
They also said that the captors in the video say "The Japanese government offered them several millions of dollars to release Koda but they refused as their only demand was the withdrawal of the JSDF from Iraq.

So much for Koizumi's "We will not bow to terrorists", when they tried to pay them off.
If it is true, I wonder how many people could have been killed with JTTO.
(Japanese Taxpayers Terrorist Aid) Certainly sounds worse than bowing to terrorism when you are actively supporting it financially.
Maybe the UN should consider this before allowing Japan to obtain a permanent seat on the council.

[AssKissinger]

They also said that the captors in the video say "The Japanese government offered them several millions of dollars to release Koda but they refused as their only demand was the withdrawal of the JSDF from Iraq.

Well they look like a pretty trustworthy group of folks.

[japslapper]

The deed can be viewed here.

http://www.ogrish.com/

Apparently he was in J-tourist garb at the time - short pants and T-shirt. Now everyone knows Arabs regard display of naked flesh in public as in insult. I bet he even didnt try to learn a few wods of Arabic - typical J-unadapdability. This guy deserves a "Darwin" award http://www.darwinawards.com/ I mean the few US/Brits guys who lost their heads - sad story because they were people who knew the score - but this guy

[Ketou]

So much for Koizumi's "We will not bow to terrorists", when they tried to pay them off.
If it is true, I wonder how many people could have been killed with JTTO.
(Japanese Taxpayers Terrorist Aid) Certainly sounds worse than bowing to terrorism when you are actively supporting it financially.
Maybe the UN should consider this before allowing Japan to obtain a permanent seat on the council.

Even if it is true, that's a pretty harsh comment.
I wouldn't think paying a ransom is quite "actively" supporting anything.
Yes, any money would be used to attack more people so it becomes a bit of a dilemma, but, if your brother/sister were being held hostage and the Govt' offered to pay a ransom what would you say?
"No, fuck them, they can chop his/her head off"!?
Not bloody likely! If anything one would be happy to pay the money.
Either that or you could wrap yourself in the insanity of nationalism and say he/she died for the cause!

BTW I thought they were insurgents.

[nigerian_nampa]

The deed can be viewed here.

http://www.ogrish.com/

Apparently he was in J-tourist garb at the time - short pants and T-shirt. Now everyone know Arabs regard display of naked flesh in public as in insult. I bet he even didnt try to learn a few wods of arabic - typical J-unadapdability.

Not exactly true. You can walk around most Arabic countries in shorts and a t-shirt, if you are a man, and especially if you are a foreign man. It may seem a bit odd to them, but it's not insulting outside of holy places. To a few psycho religious people it might be a problem, but there are fewer of those in Iraq than in some other Arab countries where foreigners showing leg don't get decapitated.

I agree he was stupid to go there, though.

[nigerian_nampa]

So much for Koizumi's "We will not bow to terrorists", when they tried to pay them off.
If it is true, I wonder how many people could have been killed with JTTO.
(Japanese Taxpayers Terrorist Aid) Certainly sounds worse than bowing to terrorism when you are actively supporting it financially.
Maybe the UN should consider this before allowing Japan to obtain a permanent seat on the council.

Even if it is true, that's a pretty harsh comment.
I wouldn't think paying a ransom is quite "actively" supporting anything.
Yes, any money would be used to attack more people so it becomes a bit of a dilemma, but, if your brother/sister were being held hostage and the Govt' offered to pay a ransom what would you say?
"No, fuck them, they can chop his/her head off"!?
Not bloody likely! If anything one would be happy to pay the money.
Either that or you could wrap yourself in the insanity of nationalism and say he/she died for the cause!

BTW I thought they were insurgents.

Interesting. In some of my lessons I used to use a story about a hijacking dilemma from a book called Impact Issues. The dilemma is that the hijackers are demanding the release of all imprisoned members of their group, so the government can either save the passengers and strengthen the terrorist group, or endanger the passengers by refusing to bow to terrorists. I think that every single one of my Japanese students said the government should give in to the demands. I can remember one student saying that special forces should storm the plane, but she was from China. When I played devil's advocate an pointed out that more people might die in the long run, they generally said that after this hostage incident is over, Japan could take other strong measures to deal with the terrorist group. But only after the passengers were saved. That seems to be the typical Japanese attitude these days

[Taro Toporific]

Right now CNN live is reporting that Koda's passport and belongings were found in one of the "killing houses". Text info should become available in a few hours at http://www.cnn.com

[Taro Toporific]

Right now CNN live is reporting that Koda's passport and belongings were found in one of the "killing houses". Text info should become available in a few hours at http://www.cnn.com

Koda's passport found in Fallujah
japantoday > national
Monday, November 15, 2004 at 07:10 JST
BAGHDAD --- U.S. Marines in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah have found a passport that belonged to slain Japanese hostage Shosei Koda in a hideout used by an armed group there, CNN reported Sunday.
The remains of the 24-year-old Koda were found in Baghdad on Oct 30. But the report suggests he may have been detained in Fallujah after he was last seen alive Oct 23 in Baghdad.

[AssKissinger]

Rock'n'rollers Klack use grotesque vid to get the fans pumped-up!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200412/s1273257.htm?fp_news_stor

Footage of Islamic militants decapitating 24-year-old backpacker Shosei Koda was shown on a large screen during the concert on Sunday in Urayasu, the city east of Tokyo which hosts Tokyo Disneyland.

Klack, a Japanese band that was one of 12 groups featured in the concert, showed the video for more than 10 minutes, local media reported.

Intifada 2004 [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT]
Klack

Now this is fucking odd. A Japanese band with a single called Intifada shows a video of this guy getting his head chopped off. Man it just gets curiouser and curiouser. Publicity gimmick or what?

[Mulboyne]

Japan Times: Hostage beheading video screened at Chiba rock concert

Video footage showing the decapitation of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq this year was shown on a big screen at a rock concert Sunday in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, concert sponsor Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said. The Tokyo-based TV network said Tuesday the concert drew around 5,000 people, mainly people in their teens and 20s, and it was not announced beforehand that the video scenes of 24-year-old traveler Shosei Koda being slain in October would be shown.
TBS, as well as the concert's promoter, lodged a protest with the company that manages the band, whose name TBS did not disclose. Showing such a video "cannot be condoned on humanitarian grounds, and we offer our most sincere apologies to the family of Mr. Koda, other people concerned, as well as those attending (the concert)," TBS said in a statement.

I don't know why the JT hasn't reported the name of the band since it is all over the web. It was the visual-kei event "Beautiful-fool's Fest" and the video was shown during a performance by the band KLACK. The band's website is down and the festival's promoter , Fool's Mate, has issued an apology (Japanese Only)

KLACK

[NeoNecroNomiCron]

Japan Times: Hostage beheading video screened at Chiba rock concert

Video footage showing the decapitation of a Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq this year was shown on a big screen at a rock concert Sunday in Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture, concert sponsor Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. said. The Tokyo-based TV network said Tuesday the concert drew around 5,000 people, mainly people in their teens and 20s, and it was not announced beforehand that the video scenes of 24-year-old traveler Shosei Koda being slain in October would be shown.
TBS, as well as the concert's promoter, lodged a protest with the company that manages the band, whose name TBS did not disclose. Showing such a video "cannot be condoned on humanitarian grounds, and we offer our most sincere apologies to the family of Mr. Koda, other people concerned, as well as those attending (the concert)," TBS said in a statement.

I don't know why the JT hasn't reported the name of the band since it is all over the web. It was the visual-kei event "Beautiful-fool's Fest" and the video was shown during a performance by the band KLACK. The band's website is down and the festival's promoter , Fool's Mate, has issued an apology (Japanese Only)

KLACK

Because Japan Times is not a really news site. Its just pulls feeds off news providers. Japan Times is essentialy domain squatting for the real news paper Japan Times. Also Mark Develing alongs with a whole load od pussies on the internet are afraid of being heald liable for anything.

[kurohinge1]

An eye for an eye, and a head for a head . . .

[SIZE="4"]Iraq court condemns militant for beheading Japanese tourist[/SIZE]

BAGHDAD -- The Iraqi central criminal court sentenced Hussein Fahmi to death Wednesday for killing Japanese backpacker Shosei Koda in October 2004.

Fahmi, a 26-year-old member of al-Qaida's Iraq wing once led by the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, was found guilty of the murder of the 24-year-old Japanese. Al-Zarqawi was killed in a U.S. airstrike in June,

Foreign Ministry official Yoshihiro Yamamura said the government was still trying to confirm the ruling.

Fahmi told Kyodo News after his arrest that he was told to kill people from the countries that had sent troops to Iraq.

He is suspected of having been involved in 72 other crimes, including a bomb attack that killed 18 Iraqis, and has been charged in some of the offenses, according to a preliminary judge at the court.

Koda arrived by bus in Baghdad on Oct. 21, 2004, and five days later, the militant group posted footage of him on the Internet, demanding that the Self-Defense Forces leave Iraq.

The group posted a gruesome video of the killing on the Internet on Nov. 2 along with its claim of responsibility.

Koda's decapitated body was found wrapped in an American flag in a Baghdad street on Oct. 30.

Fahmi, who is of Egyptian and Palestinian descent, was captured by the Interior Ministry's counterinsurgency Wolf Brigade after a tip from locals.

In March, Fahmi confessed he had participated in the murder . . . more

[Takechanpoo]

Japanese private soldier to be captured by ISIS

https://twitter.com/ANS4R1/status/500818447862087680/

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with Tamogami

seems like he was helping Free Syrian Army
https://www.facebook.com/haruna.pmc
http://www.privatemilitary.jp/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWNsh_ ... 1Gg/videos

[matsuki]

So...we just waiting for a beheading video now?

[Tsuru]

These never get old:

Goodbye, thanks for playing.

[Coligny]

Hell yea... been working like a charm for around 15 years now... but...

How much for that guided bomb to blow up an old toyota pickup truck, few illiterate camel jokey and fertilizer bombs ?

Cause in fine... the stockpile of guided air to ground ordnance might run out faster than flow of second hand pickup trucks and dumb islamists... plus those guys never get bored...

[matsuki]

It seems like overkill but then again, there is no question as to the results

[Coligny]

In a war of attrition, the side with the cheapest weapons often win...

[Samurai_Jerk]

Thought it's hard not to feel bad for him, if the guy in the video is Haruna, he did put himself into that situation.

[CrankyBastard]

Looks like a limp-wrist!

[Samurai_Jerk]

Looks like a limp-wrist!

Looks like a lesbian in that photo Takechan posted.

[CrankyBastard]

Looks like a limp-wrist!

Looks like a lesbian in that photo Takechan posted.

Yep, looks like. Prob'ly a gender bender.

[Samurai_Jerk]

Japanese man feared kidnapped by Syrian militants

Japan's government said Monday it was investigating a video posted online that appears to show a kidnapped Japanese man being roughly interrogated by Syrian militants.

The video, which surfaced over the weekend, shows a man who identified himself as Haruna Yukawa lying on the ground with blood trickling down his face as his apparent captors question him.

The man, with matted brown hair and wearing a black T-shirt stained by dust and sweat, offered brief responses to questions posed in English about why he was in Syria and the reason he was carrying a gun.

He replied in stilted English that he was a "photographer" and a "journalist, half doctor", as his interrogators accused him of lying, with one placing a long knife near his chest before the video stops.

"I'm no soldier," the man said in the video as apparently dubbed on Middle-Eastern music played.

Japan's foreign ministry said it was trying to verify the man's identity through its embassy in violence-wracked Syria, which is now operating out of neighbouring Jordan.

[...]

Another online video that appeared at the weekend showed a man believed to be Yukawa test-firing an AK-47 assault rifle in Syria.

The video can also be seen at the website of Tokyo-based private military firm PMC, which lists Yukawa as its chief executive. Pictures on the website, which kept crashing Monday afternoon, show him with right-wing Japanese activists.

Details about the kind of services the firm offered were not immediately available.

Calls to the firm went unanswered on Monday and it was unclear if the company had other employees. Its website said the firm has branch offices in "Turkey, Syria, Africa".

There was no evidence of the company at the Tokyo address given on the website, a 13-storey office building.

[Taro Toporific]

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twitter.com/OmarJerbi/status/501102629280559104

[matsuki]

So this lady boy mad up some fake private military company, goes running around Europe and the middle east, toting guns and posting all about it on his facebook....then, when captured, tries to claim he's a photographer, journalist, doctor...and apparently the only Japanese one without a camera? What a...plan?

[Takechanpoo]

he deserved it
allahu akbar!