Serangan-serangan tersebut dimaksudkan untuk mengganggu penyusunan kembali pasukan AS di Jepang, di samping rencana kunjungan tiga hari Wakil Presiden AS, Dick Cheney ke Jepang mulai Selasa, kata kelompok tersebut dalam pernyataannya, menurut jurubicara kepolisian.
The attacks were aimed at disrupting the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan as well as the planned three-day visit to Japan by U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney from Tuesday, the group said in a statement, according to the police spokesman.