The Defense Agency is considering hiring a U.S. firm to dismantle the Ground Self-Defense Force's camp in Samawah, Iraq, after the troops pull out by late May, informed sources said Saturday.
It would be the first time the Self-Defense Forces have contracted work to a private military contractor in connection with an overseas deployment.
The agency is thinking about asking KBR -- a subsidiary of U.S. giant Halliburton Co. for which U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney once served as chief executive officer -- to disassemble the GSDF camp, the sources said.