(2)Last GSDF contingent heads to Iraq

(2)Last GSDF contingent heads to Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A vehicle of the last major Japanese Ground Self Defense Force contingent arrives at the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on a mission to help reconstruct Iraq.

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