(2)GSDF keeps watch in Samawah after suspected attack on Japan troops

(2)GSDF keeps watch in Samawah after suspected attack on Japan troops

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Members of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) on April 8 inspect a site near their camp in Samawah, southern Iraq, where marks indicating that mortar shells or rocket-propelled grenades had hit the ground were found.

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