Japan eyeing farmland in southwestern Samawah for base camp

Japan eyeing farmland in southwestern Samawah for base camp

SAMAWAH, Iraq - An Iraqi boy on Dec. 24 points to a site, about 5 kilometers from central Samawah, where the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) plans to build a base camp for its noncombat troops to be sent to assist in reconstruction of the war-torn country.

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