Japan on high terror alert
From
CBS News:
bq. Japan raised its terror alert to its highest level on Friday, mobilizing heavily armed police around airports, nuclear plants and government offices to guard against a possible attack, an official said.
bq. It the was first time the government went on such a heightened alert since the U.S.-led military attack on Iraq in March 2003.
bq. A National Police Agency official refused to discuss whether the government had new information about a possible terror strike.
From
Reuters:
bq. There were two late-night explosions near the Defense Ministry in Tokyo this week, which police said could have been carried out in a protest against the dispatch of Japanese troops to Iraq.
And:
bq. A leftist group calling itself "Kakumeigun" (Revolutionary Army) has sent letters to Japanese media claiming responsibility, Kyodo news agency said on Friday. The group said it was resorting to violence to prevent the deployment of Japanese troops to Iraq, Kyodo said.
Yeah - consistent with the thinking of the left - use terrorist violence to protest military violence.
Clue #1: one is in accord with the Geneva Conventions and one is not
Clue #2: the troops are: "establishing a base in Samawa in southern Iraq, where they will help with humanitarian work and reconstruction" ie: non-combatent...
Posted by DaveH at February 20, 2004 10:18 AM