(1)100 GSDF troops leave Asahikawa for Kuwait

(1)100 GSDF troops leave Asahikawa for Kuwait

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Some 100 Ground Self-Defense (GSDF) troops leave the GSDF's Asahikawa base in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, on Feb. 20 to head for Kuwait to join more than 100 other GSDF troops already in Iraq. Some 140 GSDF troops will depart from Chitose, Hokkaido for Kuwait on Feb. 21 aboard a government plane.

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