(1)Japan decides to send troops to Iraq

(1)Japan decides to send troops to Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (C) is flanked by Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (L) and Health and Welfare Minister Chikara Sagacuchi at a special cabinet session called Dec. 9 to endorse a plan to dispatch noncombat Self-Defense Forces troops to Iraq to assist in the country's reconstruction. (Kyodo)

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