Japanese troops start pulling out of Iraq

Japanese troops start pulling out of Iraq

SAMAWAH, Iraq - A British helicopter carrying the first group of Japanese ground troops leaves the southern Iraqi city of Samawah on July 7. Japan's Air Self-Defense Force C-130 transport aircraft carried the group of about 30 troops from Taril airport, the airport closest to Samawah, to a Kuwaiti airport, marking the start of a monthlong process to end Japan's two-and-a-half-year aid mission in Samawah.

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