Japan's GSDF troops arrive in Samawah

Japan's GSDF troops arrive in Samawah

SAMAWAH, Iraq - Members of the eighth contingent of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force troops sent to Iraq to assist in the country's postwar reconstruction, arrive in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on Oct. 30.

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