This was in Japan Today:
Baker says Jenkins will be treated as deserter
Friday, May 21, 2004 at 06:00 JST
TOKYO U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker said Thursday his country will treat the American husband of a Japanese woman who was abducted by North Korea as a deserter if he returns to the United States, but offered no further views on the issue ahead of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's trip to Pyongyang on Saturday."The fact that it's been a long time ago does not change the fact that he is still classified as a deserter," Baker told reporters after a speech to a group of Japanese lawmakers. "If he is returned to the custody of the United States, he will be dealt with according to the provisions of our military justice," he said. (Kyodo News)
I think it's a shame that the US is preventing this family from reuniting-politics. North Korea is strange place-it seesm too weird that they kidnapped Japanese people-why? To train them as spies? To learn more about the language and how they think? I think the US could step back and allow Jenkins to reunite with his family here. We'll see how it plays out.
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