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k203-fh231

Shinsuke Hashida

From the news reports:

The men were said to be on their way to meet a blind 10-year-old Iraqi boy to take him to Japan for treatment.

AFP 28 May 2004

The two, who were reporting on the activities of Self-Defense Forces troops deployed in Samawah on a humanitarian aid mission, came to the SDF camp Thursday morning to get permission to enter restricted areas

Japan Times 29 May 2004

Age 61
Sex Male
Occupation Journalist
Nationality Iraqi
Marital status Unrecorded
Parental status Unrecorded

Recorded in IBC incident k203

Location: near Mahmoudiya

Date: 27 May 2004