>From: John Gaughan

>I hear about bad things happening to foreign allies
>in Iraq, including Japan, and it does make me sad. **** politics,

Dude, these were young kids...doing thesis on helping street children and
researching the effects of depleted uranium on humans. They were kidnapped and
their countrymen said they deserved it.The Japanese government is charging them
for the airfare to rescue them. Ya see, Japan has a honor system and these kids
broke it.

Ellen