Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

Japan to send extra personnel to aid SDF pullout from Iraq

TOKYO, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga (L in back) hands Col. Yuichi Kajiya (C) the flag of a team of about 100 Ground Self-Defense Force personnel in a ceremony at the Defense Agency before the team leaves for Kuwait to help facilitate the withdrawal of about 600 GSDF troops who have been deployed in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for about two-and-a-half years. (Kyodo)

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