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(1)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

(1)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura responds to questions from reporters at his ministry on May 28 after an Iraqi Sunni militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, said on its website that Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since the group ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May, has died from injuries after being shot.

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(2)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

(2)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

CHIBA, Japan - Hironobu Saito, a younger brother of Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since an Iraqi militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May, answers questions from reporters at his home in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, on May 28 about his elder brother.

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Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A four-wheel-drive vehicle two Japanese diplomats were in when they were ambushed and killed in Iraq in November 2003 is unloaded on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 4, for investigation by Japanese authorities. The vehicle had been in the custody of the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad after the incident.

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3 or 4 vehicles said involved in attack on diplomats

3 or 4 vehicles said involved in attack on diplomats

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Raad Mahmood, a 26-year-old farmer, on Dec. 2 points to the spot where two Japanese diplomats and their Iraqi driver were assaulted and gunned down on Nov. 29. Mahmood said the three men were ambushed by assailants in three or four vehicles.

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Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29.

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(1)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

(1)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriki Kawaguchi speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after two Japanese diplomats were ambushed and killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29.

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(2)Afghan vice president shot dead in Kabul

(2)Afghan vice president shot dead in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - The bullet-ridden car shown was carrying Afghan Vice President and Public Works Minister Haji Abdul Qadir, who was assassinated outside his office in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on July 6. Qadir was ambushed by unknown gunmen around 12:30 p.m. while leaving his ministry. His driver was also killed in the shooting and the gunmen fled in a car.

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(1)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

(1)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura responds to questions from reporters at his ministry on May 28 after an Iraqi Sunni militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, said on its website that Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since the group ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May, has died from injuries after being shot. (Kyodo)

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(3)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

(3)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

TOKYO, Japan - An Iraqi militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, has posted on its website images of the passport of Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since the group ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May. (Kyodo)

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(2)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

(2)Militant group says Saito died from injuries after shooting

CHIBA, Japan - Hironobu Saito, a younger brother of Akihiko Saito, a Japanese security consultant who has been missing in Iraq since an Iraqi militant group, the Ansar al-Sunnah Army, ambushed a convoy he was riding in earlier in May, answers questions from reporters at his home in Chiba, Chiba Prefecture, on May 28 about his elder brother. (Kyodo)

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Clear And Present Danger (1994)

Clear And Present Danger (1994)

Ambushed Envoy Scene Film: Clear And Present Danger (USA 1994) / Literaturverfilmung (Based On The Book By Tom Clancy) Director: Phillip Noyce 03 August 1994 Date: 03 August 1994

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(2)Afghan vice president shot dead in Kabul

(2)Afghan vice president shot dead in Kabul

KABUL, Afghanistan - The bullet-ridden car shown was carrying Afghan Vice President and Public Works Minister Haji Abdul Qadir, who was assassinated outside his office in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on July 6. Qadir was ambushed by unknown gunmen around 12:30 p.m. while leaving his ministry. His driver was also killed in the shooting and the gunmen fled in a car.

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(2)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

(2)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Masamori Inoue (file photo), a third secretary from the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad, was among two Japanese diplomats killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29. The two were ambushed near Tikrit, about 150 kilometers north of Baghdad, while traveling in a black four-wheel drive vehicle. (Kyodo)

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(1)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

(1)2 Japanese diplomats killed in Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriki Kawaguchi speaks to reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on Nov. 30 after two Japanese diplomats were ambushed and killed in northern Iraq on Nov. 29. (Kyodo)

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Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

Bullet-ridden car that carried slain diplomats arrives in Japan

NARITA, Japan - A four-wheel-drive vehicle two Japanese diplomats were in when they were ambushed and killed in Iraq in November 2003 is unloaded on arrival at Narita airport, east of Tokyo, on March 4, for investigation by Japanese authorities. The vehicle had been in the custody of the Japanese Embassy in Baghdad after the incident. (Kyodo)

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3 or 4 vehicles said involved in attack on diplomats

3 or 4 vehicles said involved in attack on diplomats

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Raad Mahmood, a 26-year-old farmer, on Dec. 2 points to the spot where two Japanese diplomats and their Iraqi driver were assaulted and gunned down on Nov. 29. Mahmood said the three men were ambushed by assailants in three or four vehicles. (Kyodo)

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Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

Site of killing of 2 Japanese diplomats

TIKRIT, northern Iraq - Local police investigators stand near the site in Tikrit, northern Iraq, on Nov. 30 where two Japanese diplomats -- 30-year-old Masamori Inoue and 45-year-old Katsuhiko Oku -- were ambushed and shot to death on Nov. 29. (Kyodo)

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