(5)1st group of core GSDF unit leaves Japan for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Families of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) members see off a government plane carrying some 90 GSDF members leaving New-Chitose airport in Hokkaido, on Feb. 3 for Kuwait. They are the first group of the core GSDF contingent to be dispatched to Iraq to help in reconstruction efforts.

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