(6)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

(6)MSDF ship leaves Hiroshima to supply Japanese troops in Iraq

HIROSHIMA, Japan - Civic group members demonstrate against the dispatch of the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) ship Oosumi to transport supplies for Ground Self-Defense Force troops in Iraq at Kure port in Hiroshima Prefecture on Feb. 14.

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