(3)Main Japan ground troop contingent arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Col. Yasushi Kiyota, who commands the first group of Japan's core Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent tasked with helping Iraq's reconstruction, fields questions from reporters at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air Base in Kuwait Feb. 4.

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