(2)1st group of core GSDF unit leaving Japan for Iraq

(2)1st group of core GSDF unit leaving Japan for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - People see off buses carrying some 90 members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on Feb. 3 as the first group of the GSDF contingent heading to Iraq leaves its garrison in Chitose, Hokkaido. Later in the day, the team left Japan on a government plane for Kuwait on its way to Samawah, southern Iraq. (Kyodo)

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