(1)Nearly 90% welcome GSDF dispatch to Iraq: poll

(1)Nearly 90% welcome GSDF dispatch to Iraq: poll

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Fruits are abundant for sale at the main market in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, 240 kilometers south of Baghdad, on Jan. 11. Nearly 90% of local residents welcome the deployment of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops to aid in reconstruction work in Samawah, according to a poll commissioned by Kyodo News.

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