Japan to send troops to Iraq despite risk of attack

Japan to send troops to Iraq despite risk of attack

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Yukio Okamoto, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's top diplomatic adviser, says at a news conference at a Baghdad hotel Nov. 5 that Japan will send troops to Iraq as planned although Japanese military personnel and diplomats may be attacked by Iraqi insurgents.

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