Japanese Troops To Leave Iraq
Hector Duarte Jr. - All Headline News Staff Reporter Tokyo, Japan (AHN) - Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi announces his plans to withdraw 600 troops from Iraq. According to the BBC, Koizumi revealed his decision to ruling party members early Tuesday and is expected to make the announcement public later that same day. The Iraq deployment was Japan's first march into an active war zone since World War II. A decision that received heavy criticism from the Japanese, who said it violated the pacifist Japanese constitution. Drafted by the U.S. in 1947, the constitution bans the use of force to settle any international disputes.
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