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Japan: Fingerprinting to Prevent al-Qaida's Friend of Friend

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Justice Minister Kunio Hatoyama explained the need of getting foreigners' fingerprint was to prevent al-Qaida's “friend of friend” from sneaking into the country with false passports and disguises. However, from what he said, he is also al-Qaida's “friend of friend” as he cited the information from ‘an unidentified “friend of a friend” who was involved in a bomb attack on the Indonesian island of Bali' - more from Debito.

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  • [...] when Justice Minister Hatoyama Kunio [Ja], only recently appointed to his new cabinet position, revealed in an off-hand comment that a “friend of a friend” of his belonged to al-Qaeda. Although he later apologized [...]


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