Nukaga visit GSDF troops withdrawn from Iraq

Nukaga visit GSDF troops withdrawn from Iraq

KUWAIT - Japanese Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga arrives at the U.S. Camp Virginia in Kuwait on July 18 to send words of thanks to Ground Self-Defense Force troops who have completed their withdrawal from the southern Iraqi city of Samawah.

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