Last core unit of Japan ground troops leaves for Iraq

Last core unit of Japan ground troops leaves for Iraq

CHITOSE, Japan - Some 120 members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) attend a send-off ceremony at the GSDF's Higashi-Chitose garrison in Chitose, Hokkaido, on March 21. They left for Kuwait on a government plane as the third and final group of the GSDF core contingent to help in Iraq's reconstruction.

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