(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuw

(3)Core unit of Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuw

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Koichiro Bansho (L), head of the contingent of noncombant troops from Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force, receives flowers from Mieko Tarui, wife of Ambassador to Kuwait Sumio Tarui (R), on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on his way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission. (Kyodo)

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