Koizumi sees too early to give up on SDF dispatch to Iraq

Koizumi sees too early to give up on SDF dispatch to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks in reply to questions during a House of Representatives Budget Committee session on Nov. 25. He said, ''There is no situation where we can conclude a dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops (to Iraw) is impossible.'' (Kyodo)

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