(1)ASDF holds send-off ceremony for advance team to Iraq

(1)ASDF holds send-off ceremony for advance team to Iraq

KOMAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) speaks at a send-off ceremony Dec. 24 for an Air Self-Defense Force (ASDF) advance team that will soon be dispatched to Iraq, at the ASDF Komaki base in Aichi Prefecture.

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