Japanese GSDF completes organizing 7th dispatch to Iraq

Japanese GSDF completes organizing 7th dispatch to Iraq

FUKUOKA, Japan - Lt. Gen. Shoichi Sawayama, head of the 4th Division of the Ground Self-Defense Force, based in Fukuoka Prefecture, speaks at a press conference in Fukuoka on July 19 following completion of the organization of a support group for Iraqi reconstruction to be dispatched later this month. Sawayama said, ''We've trained to respond to any situation. I believe they'll do a good job.''

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