Cheney promises U.S. will help Japan bring hostages home

happyending

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Tue Apr-13-04 03:58 PM
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Cheney promises U.S. will help Japan bring hostages home

Cheney promises U.S. will help Japan bring hostages home

By KANAKO TAKAHARA
Staff writer

U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney told Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Monday that Washington would do its best to help rescue three Japanese nationals being held hostage in Iraq.
Koizumi said he is grateful for the cooperation of the U.S. and that Japan would continue with its reconstruction efforts in Iraq. Self-Defense Forces troops are deployed to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. Cheney is in Tokyo on a four-day visit through Tuesday.

"I believe the activities of the SDF in Samawah are essential" to Iraq's reconstruction, Cheney was quoted as saying by a Japanese official who briefed reporters. "Japan's policy on Iraq is taking the right course and we appreciate it."

The Japanese government is struggling to achieve the release of the three hostages.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20040413a2.htm

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ixion

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:00 PM
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1. yeah, in a body bag...

Edited on Tue Apr-13-04 04:01 PM by ixion

Dick 'Bloodlust' Cheney wouldn't have it any other way. :-(

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montanacowboy

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:00 PM
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2. That will most likely seal their fate

he is "promising" to bring them home? how can he promise anything?

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Demonaut

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:02 PM
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3. just signed their death warrant!

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sjgman9

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:19 PM
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4. Trust a Cheney promise?

Isnt there an old maxim that you arent supposed to trust a guy who speaks softly out of the side of his mouth?

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MsSnood

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:39 PM
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5. Cheney will make things worse. He should stay out of it.

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Jacobin

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:40 PM
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6. This guy is the devil

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opihimoimoi

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:46 PM
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7. He told them to STAY and not give in. Make no bones about it

Rescue them 3 Japaness Prisoners?? Gimme a break.

Cheney is a shrewd guy.

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tom_paine

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:54 PM
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8. A promise from Cheney is like a promise from Goering

EXACTLY like it.

Those hostages are now walking dead, if they aren't dead already.

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