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

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

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - Two members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) core unit talk to each other aboard an armored vehicle at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 5. The vehicle was among the equipment carried by a chartered Russian transport plane from Japan which the GSDF unit will use in its reconstruction activities in Iraq.

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