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Ground force to leave Iraq by Jul

Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announced a plan June 20 to withdraw the Ground Self-Defense Force from the southern Iraq city of Samawah, ending their aid and reconstruction mission that started with a dispatch order issued in January 2004.

Defense Agency Director General Fukushiro Nukaga immediately issued a withdrawal order. The government hopes the pullout will finish by the end of July.

The Air Self-Defense Force will continue its airlift missions for multinational forces in support of Iraq reconstruction, Koizumi said.

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