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From Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
by David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro:
There was one case in which Japanese rightists and
American intelligence werer caught red-handed [sic!]. This was the Kaji
affair, which began in late 1951. A leftist writer named Wataru Kaji was
kidnapped by G-2 and handed over to the newly ensconced CIA....But Kaji was held
incommunicado for more than a year by the CIA and was allegedly subjected
to torture.....When the affair came to light, the Japanese were outraged because
Kaji's detention lasted past April 1952, when Japanese sovereignty was
restored. The press also discovered the existence of a Japanese espionage
group that had aided the Americans in the kidnapping...
p.47
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Speaking of precedents to Iraq, ghost
prisons, and the sort of stability the US brings with
occupation......
"...But few understand that Americans were
hiring mobsters in Japan as well in a secret war against the left that began as
early as 1946. At its helm stood Major General Charles Willoughby,
MacArthur's intelligence chief....Willoughby and his trusted aides in G-2 worked
to directly repress the left,....and to indirectly repress it, by aiding and
financing rightist thugs or yakuza to do the job .
[Willoughby's] mentor, General MacArthure referred
to him as 'my lovable Fascist.' Willoughby had functioned under MacArthur
in Manila, and there became close to the Falangist Spaniards who supported
Franco."
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p.45
Tell me again about the terrible consequences to
stability if the US immediately quits Iraq? Where and when in history has
US occupation ever advanced the prospects for emancipation? Not after
the "great," "noble," "patriotic," "just" war against "fascism,"
obviously. And if not then, when exactly?
I only bring this up because there is this
issue of accountability-- you advocate something, you have to account for the
consequences in the same forum where you advanced your position.
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