(1)More Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

(1)More Iraqi-bound Japanese ground troops arrive in Kuwait

KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait - More Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops alight from a government plane on arrival at Abudullah Al-Mubarak Airbase in Kuwait on Feb. 22 on their way to southern Iraq to join a Japanese humanitarian mission.

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