First Japanese Leave for Iraq

World | January 16, 2004, Friday // 00:00

A team of Japanese soldiers left for Iraq Friday as police, on alert for terrorist attacks, tightened security ahead of what may become Japan's riskiest overseas military mission since World War II, Reuters informed. After a series of send-off ceremonies in Tokyo, about 30 members of the Ground Self-Defence Force left for South Eastern Iraq, an advance unit of a force that could include up to 1,000 troops.

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