thomas
Mar 20, 2003, 19:26
Sounds as if they will be arriving too late anyhow.
8 more Japanese head for Iraq as human shields
Eight Japanese departed Thursday morning for Iraq to become additional "human shields" against the United States military strike on the Middle Eastern country. The eight, who said they are acting individually but agreed to travel together, took off from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Damascus via the Netherlands. They will take a land route from the Syrian capital to Baghdad, they said. But they said that after arriving in Damascus, they will contact civic groups working in the region to determine whether to enter Iraq, where the U.S. launched a missile and stealth bomber attack early Thursday local time. The group includes Yasuyuki Aizawa, 31, of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, who works at a jewelry manufacturer, and Yuichi Sugimoto, a 46-year-old inn operator from Niigata. "Maybe the borders will be closed and we might not be able to enter," Aizawa said before boarding the plane. "We are not going there to die. We will stick to our antiwar message."
=> http://asia.news.yahoo.com/030320/kyodo/d7pskbto0.html
8 more Japanese head for Iraq as human shields
Eight Japanese departed Thursday morning for Iraq to become additional "human shields" against the United States military strike on the Middle Eastern country. The eight, who said they are acting individually but agreed to travel together, took off from Narita airport, east of Tokyo, for Damascus via the Netherlands. They will take a land route from the Syrian capital to Baghdad, they said. But they said that after arriving in Damascus, they will contact civic groups working in the region to determine whether to enter Iraq, where the U.S. launched a missile and stealth bomber attack early Thursday local time. The group includes Yasuyuki Aizawa, 31, of Kawagoe, Saitama Prefecture, who works at a jewelry manufacturer, and Yuichi Sugimoto, a 46-year-old inn operator from Niigata. "Maybe the borders will be closed and we might not be able to enter," Aizawa said before boarding the plane. "We are not going there to die. We will stick to our antiwar message."
=> http://asia.news.yahoo.com/030320/kyodo/d7pskbto0.html