(1)GSDF's 4th contingent set to leave for Iraq

(1)GSDF's 4th contingent set to leave for Iraq

HIGASHINE, Japan - Defense Agency Director General Yoshinori Ono (L) hands over a unit flag to Kizuku Fukuda, head of the fourth contingent of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force troops to be sent to the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, during a ceremony held in Higashine, Yamagata Prefecture, on Nov. 13.

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