(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(2)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police check the trunk of a car near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 11. An explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard there the same day. (Kyodo)

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