GSDF leader in Samawah says local sentiment not worsening

GSDF leader in Samawah says local sentiment not worsening

NAGOYA, Japan - Col. Kiyohiko Ota (on the screen), the leader of Japan's fifth contingent of the Ground Self-Defense Force on an aid mission in Samawah, southern Iraq, speaks to reporters in a Nagoya garrison, home to the majority of troops in his contingent, via videophone from Samawah on March 8. Ota said he did not feel any deterioration in local sentiment toward Japanese troops and that the area is relatively stable after British forces took over security duties from Dutch troops in the area on March 7.

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