(2)Japanese GSDF members in Samawah, Iraq

(2)Japanese GSDF members in Samawah, Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Masahisa Sato (2nd from L), who heads the advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force in Iraq, shakes hands with a local tribe leader outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Jan. 22 when he and GSDF personnel were invited to a lunch.

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