(1)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

(1)MSDF destroyer leaves home port before heading to Kuwait

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Members boarding the Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Murasame line up beside the vessel at Yokosuka port in Kanagawa Prefecture on Feb. 16. The ship left the port for Hokkaido on its way to Kuwait to escort the MSDF amphibious ship Oosumi, which is to transport supplies to Japanese noncombat ground troops in Iraq. (Kyodo)

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