Casualties from terrorist attacks won't trigger SDF pullout

Casualties from terrorist attacks won't trigger SDF pullout

TOKYO, Japan - New Komeito Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba says in an interview with Kyodo News on Jan. 7 that Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) troops being sent to Iraq will not withdraw in the event they suffer casualties in terrorist attacks.

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