GSDF troops in Iraq start packing to return to Japan

GSDF troops in Iraq start packing to return to Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Toshihiro Yamanaka, head of Japan's 10th Ground Self-Defense Force providing noncombat assistance in southern Iraq, speaks in a televised press conference at the Defense Agency on June 21. He said his troops in southern Iraqi city of Samawah have started packing equipment and other goods in containers following the withdrawal order.

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