Shosei Koda Archives

December 29, 2004

Shosei Koda Beheading Video Shown During A Japanese Concert

A band calling itself Klack took it upon itself to show the beheading of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda for ten minutes to an unsuspecting crowd of 5,000 during one of its concerts. Tokyo Broadcasting System, the event sponsor, said ...
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November 02, 2004

Japanese Hostage Shosei Koda Beheaded [ Video ]

Well Zarqawi's group once again has released a video of the beheading of a hostage. Shosei Koda, A Japanese citizen, was taken hostage on Oct. 27. Today the group that took him hostage released a video of him with ...
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October 30, 2004

Body Found In Iraq Now Confirmed To Be Japanese Hostage Shosei Koda

After a whirlwind day of the body being declared to not be of Japanese hostage Shosei Koda, then being announced they inspected the wrong body, the Japanese government has now said the body is that of Shosei Koda. Yahoo/AP ...
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Body Found In Iraq Was NOT Hostage Shosei Koda [ Update - Body Inspected Was Wrong Body ]

The "Asian" body found in Iraq and that was declared to be "almost positively" the hostage Shosei Koda (as I reported here and others reported here, here, here, here and here ), now has been declared "nearly certain" not ...
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October 29, 2004

Shosei Koda, Japanese Hostage, Found Dead

Fox news just reported that Shosei Koda has been reported as dead. Reuters A Japanese man taken hostage in Iraq has been killed, Kyodo news agency says, citing information obtained by the Japanese government. Tipped by: The Jawa Report ...
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October 27, 2004

Shosei Koda, Japanese Hostage Held By Zarqawi, Video Released

A video of A Japanese hostage and demands for Japan to remove their troops from Iraq within 48 hours was released today. The group, formerly known as Tawhid and Jihad and headed by al-Qaeda terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claims ...
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