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Line 21: }} {{Nihongo\|'''Kōzō Okamoto'''\|岡本公三\|''Okamoto Kōzō''\|extra=born in [[Kumamoto]], Japan, on 7 December 1947}} is a Japanese ~~former~~ [[Communism\|communist]], aformer terrorist, and member of the [[Japanese Red Army]] (JRA). Okamoto was a 24-year-old botany student from a middle-class family when he was recruited to the Japanese Red Army.<ref>LaPierre (1999), p. 202.</ref> He was later detained in [[Lebanon]]. During his stay in Lebanon, Okamoto converted to [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/681569.stm \| title=Red Army guerrillas arrested \|publisher=BBC.com \|date=18 March 2000\|accessdate=6 September 2011}}</ref> He is wanted by the government of Japan for his activities with the Red Army and was imprisoned by Israel for his involvement in the [[Lod Airport massacre]]. Line 39: ==Transfer to Lebanon== On 15 February 1997, [[Lebanon]] detained five Red Army members, [[Haruo Wakō]], [[Masao Adachi]], [[Mariko Yamamoto ~~(Japanese Red Army)\|Mariko Yamamoto]]~~, [[Kazuo Tohira]] and Okamoto for using forged passports and visa violations. They were sentenced to three years in prison. The sentence was passed by Judge Soheil Abdul-Shams on 31 July 1997. After their prison term was completed, the four other members of the JRA were forcibly deported to Jordan and from Amman, Jordan via a chartered Russian plane to Japan. The Lebanese government, however, granted political asylum to Okamoto because, according to the Lebanese government, he "had participated in resistance operations against Israel and had been tortured in Israeli jails."<ref name="jra">{{cite news\| title =Japanese Red Army member Okamoto wants to return to Japan\| publisher =Lebanonwire.\| date =6 May 2003\| url =http://www.lebanonwire.com/0305/03050601KDO.asp\| accessdate =6 September 2011\| url-status =dead\| archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20111127205715/http://lebanonwire.com/0305/03050601KDO.asp\| archivedate =27 November 2011}}</ref> Okamoto is still wanted by the Japanese government and Japan has requested his [[extradition]].<ref>Press Conference The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan 21 March 2000</ref> {{as of\|2016}} he was reported to be living in a refugee camp near [[Beirut]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/12/25/national/crime-legal/japanese-red-army-member-okamoto-living-calmly-lebanon-refugee-camp\|title=Japanese Red Army member Kozo Okamoto living quietly in Lebanon refugee camp\|date=26 December 2016\|work=The Japan Times\|accessdate=29 January 2017}}</ref>{{Citation needed\|date=November 2021}}

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