(4)GSDF's 4th contingent set to leave for Iraq

(4)GSDF's 4th contingent set to leave for Iraq

HIGASHINE, Japan - A boy with two balloons in hand overtakes members of the fourth contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops who walk to the venue of a ceremony in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, on Nov. 13 prior to departure for Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, en route to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. (Kyodo)

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