GSDF's lodging site in Samawah being built

GSDF's lodging site in Samawah being built

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Tractors on Feb. 10 level the site where a camp will be built for Japanese noncombat troops outside the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. The will stay there during their humanitarian mission to the country.

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