Muthana gov. asks Japan to extend deployment of troops in Iraq

Muthana gov. asks Japan to extend deployment of troops in Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Mohammad Ali-Hassan, the governor of Iraq's Muthana Province, speaks to reporters in the provincial capital Samawah on Dec. 2. He asked Japan to extend the deployment of its troops in Samawah. Japan had some 600 ground troops there for a humanitarian aid mission.

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