Koizumi to judge whether to extend SDF mission after referendum

Koizumi to judge whether to extend SDF mission after referendum

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi speaks in an interview with Kyodo News and other media organizations at the headquarters of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in Tokyo on Sept. 1. Koizumi said he will decide whether to extend the mission of Japanese troops in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah forreconstruction assistance beyond the Dec. 14 deadline after Iraq's constitutional referendum in October.

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