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Wednesday, 10 July, 2002, 11:21 GMT 12:21 UK=20 Red Army members want talks Four of the former Japanese Red Army guerrillas, who hijacked a Japan Airli= nes plane to North Korea in 1970, have called on the Japanese government to= open talks so that they can return home.=20 In a statement faxed from the North Korean capital Pyongyang, they said the= y feared that their continued presence in North Korea could be used as a pr= etext to accuse Pyongyang of being a supporter of terrorism.=20 Of the nine original hijackers, two have died, while two others who returne= d to Japan were tried and found guilty of air piracy.=20 The Red Army was formed in the late 1960s and advocated revolution through = armed violence.=20 It was responsible for numerous attacks, including an assault on an airport= in Tel Aviv in which 26 people died. The Japanese prime minister, Junichir= o Koizumi, has said the four will be arrested if they return home.=20 >From the newsroom of the BBC World Service=20 --------------------------------- Relive the FIFA World Cup goals with exclusive video highlights! http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/en --0-441331525-1026322640=3D:74666 Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <P><SPAN class=3Ddate><STRONG>Wednesday, 10 July, 2002, 11:21 GMT 12:21 UK = </STRONG></SPAN></P> <DIV class=3Dheadlinestory><STRONG>Red Army members want talks<BR></STRONG>= </DIV><FONT face=3Dsans-serif size=3D2> <DIV class=3Dbodytext> <P><STRONG>Four of the former Japanese Red Army guerrillas, who hijacked a = Japan Airlines plane to North Korea in 1970, have called on the Japanese go= vernment to open talks so that they can return home. </STRONG> <P><STRONG>In a statement faxed from the North Korean capital Pyongyang, th= ey said they feared that their continued presence in North Korea could be u= sed as a pretext to accuse Pyongyang of being a supporter of terrorism. </S= TRONG> <P><STRONG>Of the nine original hijackers, two have died, while two others = who returned to Japan were tried and found guilty of air piracy. </STRONG> <P><STRONG>The Red Army was formed in the late 1960s and advocated revoluti= on through armed violence. </STRONG> <P><STRONG>It was responsible for numerous attacks, including an assault on= an airport in Tel Aviv in which 26 people died. The Japanese prime ministe= r, Junichiro Koizumi, has said the four will be arrested if they return hom= e. </STRONG> <P><I><STRONG>From the newsroom of the BBC World Service</STRONG></I>=20 <P></P></DIV></FONT><p><br><hr size=3D1><b><a href=3Dhttp://uk.yahoo.com/ma= il/tagline_vip/=3Fhttp://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/en/spl>Relive the FIFA W= orld Cup goals with exclusive video highlights!</a></b><br><br> <a href=3Dhttp://uk.yahoo.com/mail/tagline_fifa/=3Fhttp://fifaworldcup.yaho= o.com/fc/en>http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/fc/en</a> --0-441331525-1026322640=3D:74666--
