Koizumi retracts statement on Samawah security

Koizumi retracts statement on Samawah security

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Jan. 29 retracts in a Diet session a statement he made two days ago that the existence of a city council in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah has been instrumental in keeping order there. When he first made the statement, the council had already been dissolved.

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