Japanese SDF vehicles leave Samawah base for 1st time since blast

Japanese SDF vehicles leave Samawah base for 1st time since blast

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Japanese Self-Defense Forces vehicles leave their camp in the southern Iraq city of Samawah on June 29, the first time since a roadside explosion near the camp on June 23 that was apparently targeting a Japanese convoy.

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