(2)Scenes in southern Iraqi city of Samawah

(2)Scenes in southern Iraqi city of Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - With a conversation book in his hand, a member of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force contingent tries to talk with an Iraqi boy in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.

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