(3)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

(3)Key ground troop unit leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - People opposed to Japan's dispatch of noncombat troops to Iraq stage a demonstration parade in the city of Chitose, Hoikkaido, on Feb. 21, as a core unit of Ground Self-Defense Force troops left for Kuwait en route to Samawah, southern Iraq. (Kyodo)

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