Japanese legionnaire shocked by ex-comrade's capture in Iraq

ORANGE, France - Michio Yoshimizu, chief sergeant with the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment based in the southern French city of Orange, speaks with members of the Japanese media in Orange on May 12. Yoshimizu expressed shock at the news that one of his former comrades is believed to have been taken captive by an Islamic militant group in Iraq. ''I am shocked. Why him? I am worried,'' Yoshimizu, 32, said.