GSDF armored trucks leave Iraq's Samawah for Kuwait

GSDF armored trucks leave Iraq's Samawah for Kuwait

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force member sees off a trailer carrying a dozen GSDF light armored trucks leaving the southern Iraqi city of Samawah for Kuwait on June 25 in the first move to prepare for the withdrawal of GSDF personnel.

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