Shiite cleric calls for increase in SDF troops in Samawah

Shiite cleric calls for increase in SDF troops in Samawah

TOKYO, Japan - Muslim Shiite leaders (seated on the left) from Iraq's Muthana Province meet with Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) and other Japanese officials in Tokyo on May 25. They urged Japan to increase the number of Self-Defense Forces troops in the provincial capital of Samawah. ''I do not want a pullout of Self-Defense Forces, but rather hope for an increase in the number,'' Ali Almaili (2nd from L) was quoted as telling Koizumi.

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