(1)Advance GSDF team in Samawah

(1)Advance GSDF team in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Masahisa Sato (4th from L), commanding an advance team of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) in Iraq, is briefed by waterworks officials at a water purification plant outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah Jan. 24. A main GSDF unit is to conduct humanitarian and reconstruction work in Iraq.

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