The political wing of the Red Army guerrilla organization has grown “very strong, bigger than before,” according to four imprisoned members of the group in a recent interview in Beirut.
“You would be surprised at how many sympathizers we have in Japan,” Masao Adachi, leader of the group, said in an exclusive interview for The Japan Times. “Why would the Japanese government be so worried about us if we were not a threat?”
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