Shosei Koda
Shosei Koda (香田 証生, Kōda Shōsei, 29 November 1979 – 29 October 2004) was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq on 29 October 2004, by Zarqawi's group, while touring the country. He was the first Japanese person beheaded in Iraq.
Early life and education
Koda's parents, Setsuko Koda and Masumi Koda, were members of the United Church of Christ. Due to Koda's family affiliation with the United Church of Christ, a cross tattoo was inscribed upon his arm. The family was from Nōgata, Fukuoka, a small southern city in Japan, and his mother was a nurse. Koda dropped out of high school in his junior year before he started working as an interior painter until 2002.
Kidnapping and death
Koda left Amman on 20 October 2004. He ignored advice not to travel to Iraq, and entered the country, because he wanted to know what was happening there.
Koda's captors stated that they would "treat him like his predecessors Berg and Bigley" (Bigley was murdered just weeks before by the organization, before being known as Al Qaeda in Iraq) if Japan did not withdraw its forces from Iraq within 48 hours. The Japanese government headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi refused to comply with these demands, stating that they will not concede to terrorists.
Podcasts:
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by Sho Squad
Life Story
by: Sho Squadi got a story to tell
it was the end of may of eighty nine
docta hollin push ole gurl in tha crin
i remember the first time i open my eyes
i was just a git but i was bound to get live
my ole boy lock up,just the thought of it
make me get a gun and cock up
grow'd up wit out a father figure
he tought me the meaning of love and bout dem golddigga's
that why my moma get's much props
raised three chirn and stayed away from the cop
known for keepin dem bottles pop hypnotic and hennesee
gettin loose in the drop top
i don't smoke but i kno what's bugga and what's bap
if i don't go pro i'ma take ova the rap game cause you otha nigga's lame ,gettin mad at sho squad cause we takin ova the fame
man ya'll kno who next on this track
ya boy varis
it was on the day of eleven twinty fifth
my moma always kne i had a speial gift
doin something positive trin to stay out of trouble
waitin on my piece cause lyfe is nuthin put a puzzle
as i was git my ole gurl and pops split
they had a few problems some i didn't really get
i was goin both places from north to south
as i was a youngin i was smart without a dout
every since i was five i've been dreamin at night
about the special things, the finess things of lyfe
like meetin the greatest the ali
he float like a butter fly ,sting like a bee
i be cruisin in the escalade
no types of payments i'm cah money payed
off the block no questions ask , i', blastin tha radio while i'm pushing the gas.