(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

(1)GSDF camp in Samawah faces another attack

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Iraqi police made a search Jan. 11 after an explosion, believed to be a mortar or rocket bomb attack, was heard earlier in the day near the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah. No Japanese troops were injured.

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