NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Shosei Koda

Shosei Koda (香田証生 Kōda Shōsei, November 29, 1979–November 3, 2004?) was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq of November 3, 2004 while touring the country. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Beheading. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The captors demanded that the Japanese government withdraw its humanitarian forces from Iraq; the Japanese government refused to give in to the demand. His captors have connections to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. Humanitarianism is an informal ideology of practice, whereby people practice humane treatment and provide assistance to others. ... Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in an undated AP photograph. ...

He entered Iraq on October 19, 2004 because he stated that "he wanted to know what is happening there", according to Kyodo News. October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kyodo News (å…±åŒé€šä¿¡ç¤¾ KyÅdÅ TsÅ«shinsha) is a nonprofit cooperative news agency based in Minato-ku, Tokyo. ...

In his execution video, his three captors stand while Koda sits on the American flag. Koda has his hands tied behind his back and is blind-folded while a captor, behind him, reads a speech which lasts for 2 minutes and 10 seconds. After that, the captors place him on the ground and one begins to slit his throat with a knife while the other two hold him down with his chest to the ground. He groans after the knife has cut into his throat. Blood begins to rush out as he has his throat slit.

Throughout the beheading, the captors chant, "Allahu Akhbar," which is Arabic for "God is Great." For other usages of the phrase Allahu Akbar, see Allahu Akbar (disambiguation). ... The Arabic language (Arabic: â€Ž translit: ), or simply Arabic (Arabic: â€Ž translit: ), is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. ...

The captor who has severed his head places the head on Koda's body. After a pause, all three captors hold up the head. The video ends with shots of Koda's blood-covered, severed head on top of his body and a few seconds of shots with the banner of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad. Jamaat al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Shosei Koda and with the banner in the background Jamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Arabic: , Monotheism and Holy War Movement) is the Islamist guerrilla network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a Jordanian-born Islamist militant believed operating against United States-led...

External links

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Categories: 1979 births | 2004 deaths | Foreign hostages in Iraq Eugene Armstrong, in orange, seated, before his decapitation by the five men standing over him. ... Berg in October 2003 Nicholas Evan Berg (January 1, 1978 â€“ May 2004) was an American businessman seeking telecommunications work in Iraq during the U.S.-led occupation of Iraq. ... Kenneth Bigley and his wife Sombat at their wedding in 1998 Kenneth John Bigley (1942 â€“ October 7, 2004), was a civil engineer from Liverpool, England, who was kidnapped in the al-Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq on September 16, 2004, along with Jack Hensley and Eugene Armstrong, both U.S... Categories: Stub | 1955 births | 2004 deaths ... Paul Marshall Johnson, Jr. ... Daniel Pearl Daniel Pearl (October 10, 1963 â€“ January 29/30, 2002) was a Jewish American journalist. ... Fabrizio Quattrocchi during his captivity Fabrizio Quattrocchi was a 36-year-old Italian security guard taken hostage by Islamist militants in Iraq and murdered there on April 15, 2004. ... Kim Sun-il (September 13, 1970 â€“ June 22, 2004) was a South Korean translator working in Iraq for Gana General Trading Company, a South Korean company under contract to the U.S. military. ...