現在地 HOME > 掲示板
> 戦争61 > 1347.html
★阿修羅♪
|
現在地 HOME > 掲示板
> 戦争61 > 1347.html
★阿修羅♪
|
|
| Tweet |
(回答先: ニュージーランドのサイト。香田さんの写真つき。 投稿者 デリケーション 日時 2004 年 10 月 29 日 16:36:22)
ニュージーランドも4月の日本人拘束事件での「自己責任論」を受けて、政府が「現地で何があっても面倒を見ないからね、期待しないでね」と言っちゃった国ですね。
A Japanese man threatened with execution in Iraq was a language student in Christchurch just weeks ago, and was warned about travelling to the war-torn country.
Shosei Koda, 24, is at the centre of a hostage crisis in Iraq after being abducted on Wednesday by a militant group connected with al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
The group threatened to behead him within 48 hours if Japan did not meet its demand to withdraw its troops from Iraq.
Koda studied in Christchurch up until late September before flying to the Middle East.
Andrew Hickson, a teacher at Queen's English Language School in Christchurch, said yesterday that the New Brighton college was stunned by Koda's capture.
He said he had warned his class that travel to Iraq should be avoided.
"We talked about Iraq in class," Hickson said.
"I was concerned because a lot of students don't seem to understand the dangers in other countries. Iraq is a place that has to be boycotted.
"We are very distressed because we are a small school. It's like a family, and we are all very worried about him."
Koda left the school in September, telling fellow students he was travelling home to Japan, Hickson said.
"We are all hoping and praying he will be released."
Koda studied at the school for about a month to practise his English pronunciation.
He stayed at a Lincoln Road, Addington, house and was a "very intelligent, quiet young man" with "pretty good English", said Hickson.
Koda, a painter and decorator, had come to New Zealand from Mexico, Hickson said.
He had told one of the students that he wanted to go to Iraq to see what the situation was like there.
"He seemed to have a very inquisitive mind," Hickson said. "When we talked about countries he always took a lot of interest in different parts of the world."
One of Koda's former flatmates is shocked at his predicament.
Jo Mannami, a 35-year-old politics student, said last night that Koda, who was a bit of a loner, was "crazy" to go to a war zone alone.
"He is very naive. He doesn't know danger," Mannami said.
"He came to New Zealand to find something interesting, but I think he was not satisfied here.
"I don't know why he went to Iraq. He didn't talk about it. He didn't have a political opinion."
Koda's fate now rests on negotiations between his captors and a Japanese government representative who travelled to Iraq yesterday.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has insisted Japan's non-combat troops will stay in southern Iraq.
Koda has been criticised in the international media for ignoring Japanese government warnings against travelling to Iraq.
He was spotted in one of Baghdad's most dangerous districts on the day of his capture. He was not carrying a cellphone or much cash – possibly as little as $NZ30 – and had not even booked a hotel room in Baghdad.
Koda's family said their son had gone abroad in January with plans to visit many countries, including New Zealand, but they had not been told of any trip to Iraq.
Five other Japanese civilians have been taken hostage in Iraq to date and all have been released.
Media reports said Koda, from Fukuoka, in southern Japan, had taken a bus to Iraq from Jordan last week despite being told by locals of the dangers of a foreigner entering Iraq.
"I'm going to Iraq for about a week on a trip," the Japanese media quoted him as telling Japanese tourists in Amman.
Reports said Koda did not seem well-prepared for a trip to a country where more than 150 foreigners have been kidnapped this year, with about a third of them killed.
題名には必ず「阿修羅さんへ」と記述してください。