The Ground Self-Defense Force will withdraw from southern Iraq by the end of May as Britain and Australia pull their forces out of the area under a plan agreed to by the United States, government sources said Monday.
At the same time, Japan is considering expanding the Air Self-Defense Force’s Kuwait-based mission in response to Washington’s request for more assistance in airlifting U.S. soldiers and supplies to and from bases in Iraq, the sources said.
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