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May 1, 2004

"What is to give light must endure burning." --Victor Frankl

Freed Hostages

Three Japanese friends went to Iraq to help the needy, to serve the children on the streets of a war torn country. When they were captured as hostages by Iraqi insurgents and then freed, they returned to a country that treated them as selfish fools, not heroes. "You got what you deserve!" read one handwritten sign, "You are Japan's shame" said another website, and the government itself announced that it would bill the hostages $6,000 for air fare!