(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

NARITA, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 27 for the Jordanian capital of Amman to set up an ad hoc team to deal with the reported kidnapping of a Japanese man by an Islamic militant group.

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq.

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 following reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. The man was identified as Shosei Koda, 24, of Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan.

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 27 he will not succumb to terrorism after reports a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. Koizumi visited Toyooka to inspect the damage caused by Typhoon Tokage.

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(2)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura is surrounded by reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 after reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. (Kyodo)

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(1)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyuki Hosoda speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Oct. 27 following reports that a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. The man was identified as Shosei Koda, 24, of Nogata, Fukuoka Prefecture in southwestern Japan. (Kyodo)

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(4)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

NARITA, Japan - Senior Vice Foreign Minister Shuzen Tanigawa leaves Narita airport, northeast of Tokyo, on Oct. 27 for the Jordanian capital of Amman to set up an ad hoc team to deal with the reported kidnapping of a Japanese man by an Islamic militant group. (Kyodo)

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

(3)Group kidnaps Japanese man, demands troop pullout from Iraq

TOYOOKA, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi tells reporters in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, on Oct. 27 he will not succumb to terrorism after reports a Japanese man was taken hostage by Al-Qaida-linked militants in Iraq. Koizumi visited Toyooka to inspect the damage caused by Typhoon Tokage. (Kyodo)

THE IRON MASK

THE IRON MASK

THE IRON MASK The evil Count de Rochefort - Date: 1929