[lbo-talk] Japan In the Gunsight

Brad Mayer Bradley.Mayer at Sun.COM
Fri Mar 19 15:19:26 PST 2004


Something called the "Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades":

Group threatens attack on Japan The Asahi Shimbun

http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200403190187.html

Gov't babbling idiocy as usual - "social order will collapse", supposedly:

``If we give in to the violence, the social order would collapse,'' Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda said. ``We must not bow to violence. It is time now for the international community to show a united stance to fight terrorism.''

They are, by withdrawing from the Washington-London-Tel Aviv Axis.

Japan's massive rail system is exceptionally vulnerable to terrorist attack:

Spain's Electorate Pose Important Question for Japan John de Boer (Research Associate, GLOCOM; Japan Fellow, Stanford University)

http://www.glocom.org/special_topics/us_report/20040318_usreport_s10/index.html

"Although Japanese authorities responsible for security have announced that they have stepped up their activity level, making sure that a public place like Tokyo's Shinjuku station where 3.5 million people pass every day remains safe is an extremely demanding task."



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