(2)Main GSDF team enters Iraq on reconstruction mission

(2)Main GSDF team enters Iraq on reconstruction mission

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - A Iraqi man waves to a convoy of trucks and armored vehicles from Japan's Self-Defense Force in southern Iraq on Feb. 8 after it entered the country from Kuwait on its way to Samawah.

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