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from Japan Today Wednesday, March 5, 2003 http://www.japantoday.com/e/?content=news&id=251612 Nine Japanese human shields urged to leave Iraq AMMAN, Jordan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi on Tuesday urged nine Japanese nationals who have vowed to serve as human shields in Iraq to leave the country as soon as possible. Motegi, who stopped over in Amman following a visit to Iraq as Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's special envoy, made the call at a news conference held during a stopover in the Jordanian capital. "The situation is getting critical. They should leave Iraq as soon as they can," Motegi said. The Japanese government has issued an advisory for all Japanese to leave Iraq, which is facing a U.S. military attack. According to Norihiro Okuda, a senior Japanese Foreign Ministry official who traveled to Iraq with Motegi, the Japanese human shield volunteers have indicated they want to stay on in Iraq "as long as they can." Okuda said the Japanese government, through the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad and other channels, will try to persuade them to leave. Motegi said he understands that the nine Japanese want to contribute to the cause of peace in Iraq but "the situation is too dangerous" for them to remain in Iraq. (Kyodo News) __________________________ http://www.japantoday.com/ ===== LMNOP http://lmno4p.org "No War for Oil!" __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.bdn7KI.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html ==^================================================================
