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another fine eg of Reuters "its the evil russians' propaganda. 'That task is being complicated by Japan’s decision to join Western sanctions against Moscow for its annexation of the Crimea peninsula in March and its involvement in a pro-Russian rebellion in eastern Ukraine.;'

FYI

Crimea was not 'annexed' the crimeans held a referendum(like the one in scotland only more honest and better conducted) and chose overwhelmingly to return to russia.

Russia has played no part in the rebellion. But US did play a part in the coup that led to the rebellion: rmember Vicki(F the EU) Nuland? ande her $5 billion admission : http://www.globalresearch.ca/us-eu-clash-on-how-to-install-a-puppet-regime-in-ukraine-victoria-nuland/5367794

japan is militarily occupied by the USA, which atom bombed them in 1945, yet they are worried about russians when russia is a short distance away! the real threat is already in japan ..and has been there sine 1945

Today is Hiroshima Day, and a fitting memorial is to unearth the letters of the only man of those who took part in the bombing of Hiroshima to feel remorse, reconnaisance pilot Claude Eatherly, who it was gave the all clear to the following Enola Gay: and spent the rest o his life an outcast seeking repentence in a country that refused to recognised its own guilt Claude Eatherly and Gunter Anders: Letters http://www.history.ucsb.edu/faculty/marcuse/projects/anders/Anders1962BurningConscienceEatherlyOCR.pdf

well tacitus: 'He's just a local mayor. His opinions are not worth spit to international politics. I don't know why anyone in the US responded to him.'

those politicians of internationjal politics..who are they but party apparatchiks! not worth a spit. They dont serve their peoples, they serve whatever power elite really rules

to take the other side, Hashimoto is quite wrong in defending /'comfort women' as some sort of military necessity..Since when is rape ever acceptable. But its fun seeing US defend ITS practices; putting Hashimoto mayor of Osaka on same level as US regime

what do americans know about the atrocities of their army?

According to John Dower, Allied Occupation authorities imposed wide-ranging censorship on the Japanese media, which was imposed in September 1945 and continued until the (1952) end of the occupation,[8]:406 including bans on covering many sensitive social issues and serious crimes such as rape committed by members of the Occupation forces.[8]:412 The censorship hardened and grew over the months from its initial goal of suppressing militaristic and ultra-nationalistic ideas into also suppressing anything that was "'leftist' or even remotely critical of American policies".[8]:406,408 According to Eiji Takemae and Robert Ricketts, Allied Occupation forces suppressed news of criminal activities such as rape; on September 10, 1945 SCAP "issued press and pre-censorship codes outlawing the publication of all reports and statistics 'inimical to the objectives of the Occupation'."[18] (wikipedia)

Hashimoto is right: Okinawan historian Oshiro Masayasu (former director of the Okinawa Prefectural Historical Archives) writes: Soon after the U.S. marines landed, all the women of a village on Motobu Peninsula fell into the hands of American soldiers. At the time, there were only women, children and old people in the village, as all the young men had been mobilized for the war. Soon after landing, the marines "mopped up" the entire village, but found no signs of Japanese forces. Taking advantage of the situation, they started "hunting for women" in broad daylight and those who were hiding in the village or nearby air raid shelters were dragged out one after another.[2]: 111 Peter Schrijvers finds it remarkable that looking Asian was enough to be in danger of rape by American soldiers, as for example happened to some of the Korean comfort women that the Japanese had by force brought to the island.[3] Schrijvers writes that "many women" were brutally violated with "not even the least mercy".[3] Marching south, men of the 4th Marines passed a group of some 10 American soldiers bunched together in a tight circle next to the road. They were 'quite animated,' noted a corporal who assumed they were playing a game of craps. 'Then as we passed them,' said the shocked marine, 'I could see they were taking turns raping an oriental woman. I was furious, but our outfit kept marching by as though nothing unusual was going on.'[3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_occupation_of_Japan

Lenanon is one of the few countries in the Middle East where for many years Christians and Muslims have lived together in peace. Lebanon though weak is a success which apparently Ahmadinejad would like to destroy.

It was israel NOT Iran that attacked lebanon in 1982 and 2006...killing thousands of people, and aided by lebanese christians. Dont blame Iran or president ahmadinejad

Most iranians do support president Ahmadinejad and his govt.

Yes truthhurts...thetruth DOES hurt..What truthhurts leaves out is that israel has waged a war against Lebanon, killing 1200 personjs mostly civilians, oppresses the palestinians, attacked vessels in internatinal waters killing 9 on board, and runs guns to dictatorial regimes.... Ahmadinejad is right in what he says...

my letter to Japan todays editor: Hello editor Ive read an AP article on JT: ... which is not only shoddy journalism, making claims about president Ahmadinejad that have been proven false for years:

'Ahmadinejad, who has repeatedly said Israel should be wiped off the map and denied the Holocaust'

but that any attempt to post the truth:

'The full quote translated directly to English:

"The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of time".

Word by word translation:

Imam (Khomeini) ghoft (said) een (this) rezhim-e (regime) ishghalgar-e (occupying) qods (Jerusalem) bayad (must) az safheh-ye ruzgar (from page of time) mahv shavad (vanish from).'

gets deleted by a unknown 'moderator'(aka censor), who told one commentator:

'"Moderator: Please note that Ahmadinejad has called for wiping Israel off the map. This is not in dispute, so every time you deny it on the JT discussion board, you not only post an inflammatory and offensive message, but you also make yourself look foolish. If you wish to continue posting on JT..."'

This is completely unacceptable...and will only serve to prove that quality journalism is in a steady decline.

regards

Iran has absolutely no historical claim to either Israel or Palestine

Tim, iran isnt making any claim,..but the zionists, who do make such claims have no right to palestine...

So we have NATo, the Coalition doing what its supposed to do...defend an american atrocity...first by blaming the afghan resistance, then finally admitting ...well yes it WAS the americans! But any afghanui couldn have set them straight...as coulod wikileaks! as for djuice, if the US hadnt invaded afghanistan, theres be no war for her to be abducted in and so killed by the invaders...The Nuremberg rules tell us the real criminals are the aggressive invaders...not the people fighting to defend their land

the result of industrial civilisation...this is Hungarys Cerhnobyl...what will be done to the perpetrators?

"this is likely: 'is this true? Its certainly likely:

Attempting to make light of the understandable suspicions that the “terror trackers” are working for Israeli intelligence, the Spiegel article jokes: “And the conspiracy theories pontificating that SITE and IntelCenter shoot the bin Laden videos themselves will continue to exist in the future.....

Well it wasnt done by OBL or alqaeda...SO ask yourselves WHO benefits?"

Ｓｏ　ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ｓａｙｉｎｇ　ｂｉｎ　Ｌａｄｅｎ　is wanted for 9/11 but FBI isn't?

Youer not very clued in...Go visit the FBI Bin Laden page...Also Bush himself said eventually that he wasnt interested in Bin Laden

OBL had served his purpose as the Goldstein for the neocon war of terror

Remember that Japan and the UK are US client states...so its no surprise they are eching the US govt...which needs terror alerts to keep up the fictitous war on terror

more phoney terror alerts...to keep the public cowed and to justify the murderous US swar of terror. Govts should be ashamed at this behaviour

What evidence is there that he's dead? Is he dead like Castro was dead? Like Kim Jong Il?

Just google bin laden dead...or go read David ray Griffins book on Obama wanted dead or alive. Im still waiting for evidence OBL is alive...and no : SITE is not a trustworthy source.

The FBI says it has no firm evidence OBL was behind 9-11...thats why THE FBI web page on him has no mention of 9-11....and why SITE cant be trusted as a source

sarge You telling me they found saddam hussain in a hole in the desert and they couldn't find a guy who is over 6 foot tall and an entourage in the last 15 years. Are you kidding me?

"An audio tape purported to be from bin Laden"

Very funny! ...a multimillionare cannot afford an HD quality camcorder? ha ha!

Are you calling Barack Obama a liar?

shat has Obama got to do with this?

Are you calling AP liars?

AP is just the messenger...id call SITE liars

What I don't understand is why Barack Obama has been unable to catch or kill this guy after over 20 months in power.

why are people so clueless? If OBL hasnt been caught..thats because there was no intention of catching him...but the evidence says he died late in 2001..since then he given no interviews...all we get are the unsourced videos and now audio recordings.

I guess Bin Laden also had the gift of foresight then if he died so long ago and is still talking about events that happened just a few months ago.

smith...what evidence is there is he alive? Audio recordings are not evidence, as they can be faked.What makes you sure its him talking?

and 'A prominent official in the Afghan Taleban movement announced yesterday the death of Osama bin Laden, the chief of al-Qa'da organization, stating that binLaden suffered serious complications in the lungs and died a natural and quiet death. [Welfare State] '

SO who is sending those tapes?

an audio tape...but who sent it? What evidence is there its Bin Laden? Because back in 2001 we have this report: FOX News Report: Bin Laden Already Dead

Usama bin Laden has died a peaceful death due to an untreated lung complication, the Pakistan Observer reported, citing a Taliban leader who allegedly attended the funeral of the Al Qaeda leader.

SO who is sending those tapes?

Iran is ruled by a nuke-loving dictator

Iran is not ruled by a nuke loving dictator but an elected president who has spoken for the abolishment of all nuclear weapons.

Yeah you can, just put some in a jet and crash it into a building supported with steel pillars.

no you cant, as most of the fuel burns off in fireballs, and most of the towers were not on fire, the steel was untouched

the most outrageous conspiracy theory of all is the one that has 19 arabs with box cutters taking down 3 buildings! president Ahmadinejad is right...