(2)Lower house OKs SDF dispatch

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Kato, former secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is surrounded by reporters in the Diet building early Jan. 31 after refusing to follow the LDP policy to vote in favor of the dispatch of Self-Defense Forces (SDF) noncombat troops to Iraq.

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