John W. wrote:
> Haluk Skywalker wrote:
>  > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>, haber iletisinde sunlari
>  > yazdi:73fde4f0.0410271421.79961670@posting.google.com...
>  >
>  >> "mr.sumo.snr" <llanelli14NOSPAMSHIT@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>  >
>  > news:<wEAfd.1$v96.0@fe64.usenetserver.com>...
>  >
>  >>> http://tinyurl.com/6s5gj
>  >>>
>  >>> Sounds a lot more serious than the two guys seized earlier this
>  >>> year.
>  >>
>  > Bit
>  >
>  >>> of a shitty month all round for Japan - typhoon, quakes and now a
>  >>>
>  >>
>  > hostage
>  >
>  >>> crisis.  Almost 100 dead in the last two weeks is going to pale
>  >>> in significance if or when we see video footage of a Japanese guy
>  >>> getting
>  >>
>  > his
>  >
>  >>> head butchered.  Sad but true. Poor bastard.
>  >>
>  >> Thing is, it's not like there isn't enough press coverage about how
>  >>  Iraq isn't exactly a tourist destination. What shocked me more
>  >> than his kidnapping is that there is evidently a major route
>  >> between Jordan and Iraq that is known but not secure.
>  >>
>  >> John W.
>  >
>  >
>  > Now the man having been murdered already; I wonder what kind of press
>  >  coverage are there now.
>  >
> I read somewhere that there isn't expected to be a huge backlash since
> the guy went there as a tourist. Seems a lot of Japanese recognize that 
> as a boneheaded thing to do. Doesn't mean he deserved what he got; from 
> what I read his intentions were mostly positive in that he wanted to 
> find a way to help the Iraqi people. That's what made me initially think 
> he was related to the group that was captured and released a few months 
> back. Imagine the pain his family's going through.

An even more boneheaded thing was when the terrorists ("brave freedom 
fighters" for those of you who read Reuters) abducted Indians, Kenyans, 
and an Egyptian, demanding that all three countries withdraw their 
troops from Iraq immediately.

- Kevin