(4)Main Japanese ground troops arrive in Iraq's Samawah

(4)Main Japanese ground troops arrive in Iraq's Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Col. Yasushi Kiyota (R), who commands the first batch of Japan's main Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent, shakes hands with Col. Masahisa Sato, who heads the advance team for a GSDF mission to Iraq, at the Dutch military's Camp Smitty outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Feb. 8.

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