Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
07TOKYO301
2007-01-23 02:21:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tokyo
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000301
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: A front-page report from Cairo in Tuesday
morning's Asahi quoted AFP reports as claiming that about
100 people died Monday in what were believed to be
terrorist bombings in Iraq.
UNCLAS TOKYO 000301
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: A front-page report from Cairo in Tuesday
morning's Asahi quoted AFP reports as claiming that about
100 people died Monday in what were believed to be
terrorist bombings in Iraq.
1. "US Troop Increase Intensifying Terrorism" Cairo
correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote
(1/23): "Armed insurgents are intensifying their
terrorist attacks at a time when the US military is
moving to bolster its forces in Iraq. Sectarian violence
between Shiites and Sunnis has become less noticeable.
Ironically, though, insurgents have instead returned to
attacks on US troops and indiscriminate terrorism,
suggesting that the US dispatch of additional troops to
Iraq will only deepen the quagmire. On Saturday in the
Shiite-dominated city of Karbala, armed insurgents broke
through two checkpoints and into the provincial
government office, where they killed five US troops
inside before fleeing. According to a senior official of
the provincial government, the attackers rode in seven
four-wheel drive vehicles often used by senior US
military officials, wore US military uniforms, possessed
what looked like military ID cards, and spoke natural
English. They also captured a senior US military officer
who was discussing security measures with local Iraqi
officials and torched two US military vehicles. The
attackers switched vehicles in the city's suburbs, and
their trail has been lost. Both the US military and the
provincial governor are blaming the attack on a militia."
SCHIEFFER
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
STATE FOR I/RF, PA/PR/FPC/W, IIP/G/EA, EAP/PD, R/MR,
EAP/J, EAP/P, PM;
USTR FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE;
TREASURY FOR OASIA/IMI;
SECDEF FOR OASD/PA;
CP BUTLER OKINAWA FOR AREA FIELD OFFICE;
PACOM HONOLULU FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ADVISOR
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION Q IRAQ - TOKYO
LEAD STORIES: A front-page report from Cairo in Tuesday
morning's Asahi quoted AFP reports as claiming that about
100 people died Monday in what were believed to be
terrorist bombings in Iraq.
1. "US Troop Increase Intensifying Terrorism" Cairo
correspondent Hajime Yoshioka of the liberal Asahi wrote
(1/23): "Armed insurgents are intensifying their
terrorist attacks at a time when the US military is
moving to bolster its forces in Iraq. Sectarian violence
between Shiites and Sunnis has become less noticeable.
Ironically, though, insurgents have instead returned to
attacks on US troops and indiscriminate terrorism,
suggesting that the US dispatch of additional troops to
Iraq will only deepen the quagmire. On Saturday in the
Shiite-dominated city of Karbala, armed insurgents broke
through two checkpoints and into the provincial
government office, where they killed five US troops
inside before fleeing. According to a senior official of
the provincial government, the attackers rode in seven
four-wheel drive vehicles often used by senior US
military officials, wore US military uniforms, possessed
what looked like military ID cards, and spoke natural
English. They also captured a senior US military officer
who was discussing security measures with local Iraqi
officials and torched two US military vehicles. The
attackers switched vehicles in the city's suburbs, and
their trail has been lost. Both the US military and the
provincial governor are blaming the attack on a militia."
SCHIEFFER