(3)Equipment for Iraq mission arrive in Kuwait from Japan

(3)Equipment for Iraq mission arrive in Kuwait from Japan

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Armored vehicles are unloaded from the first of the six chartered Russian transport planes carrying equipment and weapons for Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) to use in its reconstruction activities in Iraq that arrived at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait from Japan on Feb. 5.

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