>From: "ilc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Lebanon: international day of action for Okomoto >We herewith publish a call of the Lebanese "Committee of the friends of >Okomoto", of which the International Leninist Current (ILC) is part. We call >upon you to take appropriate action and to send your support to Lebanon: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >******************* > >Univeral call >to all the anti-imperialist and anti-Zionist forces > >We, men and women of the world, ask the Japanese government to stop >immediately all persecution against the universal militant Kozo Okomoto and >his companions and announce that we will face every Zionist attempt to >threaten the Lebanese Republic and push the authorities to exile all five >militants. We ask the Lebanese authorities to give them the right to asylum. >We announce that we will stick beside Okomoto and his companions for they >are the foes of imperialism and Zionism in the world. We also ask the >American government to stop every attempt to achieve this goal. > >Comrades! Dear brothers! >On the 5th of February 1997 the Lebanese authorities arrested the Japanese >militant Okomoto and his companion members of the Red Army of Japan. The >Lebanese authorities denied the arrest for more than 20 days in a trial to >exile the revolutionist militant and execute him. But the pressure operated >by the political forces and the public organizations obliged the Lebanese >authorities to admit the arrest. However they pretended that they had >arrested the militants for forgery. Condemned of forgery they suits were >filed against them, then were imprisoned for three years and they were to be >exiled out of the Lebanese territories. > >Comrades! Dear brothers! >The period of imprisonment of the Japanese militants will end in March 2000 >we fear that he will be exiled once the indictment period terminated because >they were the foes of imperialism and Zionism. > >Comrades! Dear brothers! >In Lebanon we are struggling to prevent the exile of the Japanese militants >and give them the right to asylum, protection and welfare in our country. We >ask you to stick to us in our struggle and lobby on the Japanese government >to stop threatening Lebanon in order to hand over the Japanese militants. We >ask you to push the Lebanese government to give them the right to asylum we >suggest that you help us through the following: > >- Consider the 15th of February 2000 Okomoto’s day. >- A sit-in in front of all the Japanese embassies in the world in objection >to all attempts to arrest the militants. >- Delegate envoys to the Lebanese embassies to ask the Lebanese authorities >not to exile the militants. >- Publish all documents to reveal the true side of Okomoto’s personality. >- Collect all signatures of the political organizations and the national >committees in order to fight exiling the militants > >Who is Okomoto? >Born in a small town in Japan he is a 52 year old Japanese revolutionist >dedicated to fight imperialism and Zionism. He was a member of the student >movement against Japanese and American imperialism then he was joined the >red army of Japan, a Marxist-Leninist institution that points its weapons >against both American and Japanese imperialism. > >Operation Led >In the night of the 30th of March 1972, the PLO in collaboration with the >Red Army declared themselves responsible for the raid on the airport of led >in the occupied territories. They attacked the institutions of the airport. >Three young men, Kozo Okomoto, Tsoitchi Okadaira and Yasuiki Yasoda, guided >the operation. The revolutionists entered in a battle against the Israeli >armed forces and they had successfully occupied the airport, killed 28 >soldiers, a colonist and 140 injured, they also destroyed 2 airplanes. Young >Okidara and Yasoda were killed. Because of lack of immunities, Okomoto was >held captive. >Then he was condemned to be executed, but in fear of him becoming a symbol >of revolution he was condemned to life imprisonment. He experienced all >kinds of physical and moral torture. He was hang for 13 years to the ceiling >of his electrified cell. Then his body was injected with all kinds of >bacterial substances. He was a guineapig! And he thought he was a dog! >He was freed in the famous operation of exchanging prisoners held by the PLO >in the 20th of May 1985 and went into therapy for interminable years. He was >partially recovered. He wondered in the Arab world seeking security and >protection until he settled down in our country Lebanon. >15th of February 1997, a date were all bad memories found their way again to >the heart and mind of Okomoto after being arrested by the Lebanese >authorities. He thought the Israeli forces are holding him captive. >In 15th of February 1998, and in memory of that arrest we the believers in >the case of Okomoto organized the Committee of the friends of Okomoto and >his companions to help improve their state in prison as well as help them to >have the right to asylum. >Our committee is composed of all political forces, lawyers, university >teachers, members of the municipality, religious, anti-imperialists and >anti-Zionists. > >Committee of the friends of Okomoto >Beiruth, January 2000 > >************************************** >International Leninist Current (ILC) >Corriente Leninista Internacional (CLI) >PF 23, A-1040 Wien, Austria >Tel & Fax +43 1 504 00 10 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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