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Japanese Self-Defense Forces withdrew from Iraq July 2006. | Photo: (c) MOFA |
SDF mission to Iraq still not properly evaluated
Five years ago Thursday (Japan time), U.S. bombers started pounding Iraq as part of an invasion force intended to topple Saddam Hussein, an action that would eventually embroil Japan. Yet, key questions remain unanswered over Tokyo’s decision to dispatch Self-Defense Forces to the war-torn nation.
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