Japanese TV reporting on the hostage crisis (AFP) From The Australian, with thanks to Nicolei: IRAQI insurgents late last night reneged on an agreement to free three Japanese civilian hostages, threatening to start killing them today unless Japan withdraws its troops. The threat to kill the first of the hostages within 24 hours was delivered […]
Al-Qaeda’s Japanese Terror Plot
They were planning to strike at the World Cup 2002. From AP: A senior al Qaeda member told U.S. authorities the group had plans to carry out attacks in Japan during the 2002 World Cup soccer tournament, local media reported yesterday. U.S. authorities advised Japan of the information, which is believed to have come from […]