(3)1st group of core GSDF unit leaving Japan for Iraq

(3)1st group of core GSDF unit leaving Japan for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - A woman hugs her child at Chitose air base of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force in Chitose, Hokkaido, on Feb. 3 as they see off a government plane carrying some 90 members of the Ground Self-Defense Force bound for Iraq.

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