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La Voz de Aztlan
Los Angeles, Alta California
4/01/2002
World outrage is growing against the Zionist Israeli
regime and its murderous army of genocide.
Unfortunately, also utter desperation and frustration
is the order of the day. In Japan, an activist has
just burned himself to death. This incident is
reminiscent of the Buddhist Monks that routinely
doused themselves with gasoline and set themselves
on fire to protest the racist Vietnam War.
We have called our Congresswoman Grace Napolitano
to urge her to speak out against the Palestinian
holocaust and the $3 billion of our tax money that
is being sent to the Butcher Sharon every year . We also
called our two U.S. Senators but we received a very
negative response. Both California U.S. Senators Barbara
Boxer and Diane Feinstein are of Jewish descent and
pro-Zionists.
On the good side, we have received inquiries from
many brave souls who want to go to Palestine and
assist the Palestinians as human shields. Others are
volunteering to serve in an international battalion
to fight for freedom and justice in Palestine.
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Japanese Activist Commits Suicide
Monday April 1, 2002 7:10 AM
TOKYO (AP) - A Japanese campaigner for Palestinian
rights committed suicide by setting himself on fire in
a Tokyo park to protest the Israeli security clampdown
in the Middle East, a fellow activist said Monday.
Takao Himori, 54, poured gasoline over his body and
set himself alight Saturday, said his friend Masao
Adachi.
Police spokesman Koji Hata confirmed that a man burned
to death over the weekend in the park, but refused to
reveal his identity.
``People watching the cherry blossoms suddenly saw
flames shoot up and called the police,'' Hata said.
Himori, a member of the activist group ``Voice,''
frequently participated in hunger strikes and
candlelight vigils in support of the Palestinian cause,
said Adachi.
After firefighters extinguished the flames, they asked
Himori if the burns were self-inflicted, Adachi said,
quoting a police report shown to family members.
``He nodded in assent, and died,'' Adachi said.
A number of Japanese activist groups held rallies
Saturday, celebrated by Palestinians as ``Land Day,''
to protest Israel's crackdown on Palestinian leader
Yasser Arafat. Israeli forces kept Arafat trapped in
his Ramallah office for a fourth day Monday, as they
stepped up incursions in the West Bank.
Several Japanese ultra-leftist groups carried out
terrorist attacks in support of Palestinian liberation
during the 1970s.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-1627866,00.html
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