(1)Colors handed to head of GSDF core unit

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Shigeru Ishiba (L) presents the colors to Col. Koichiro Bansho, head of the core contingent of Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) nonbombat troops to take part in Iraq's reconstruction, in a ceremony at the GSDF garrison in Asahikawa on Feb. 2. The first batch of the 550-strong unit is due to leave for the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 3.

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