Max: BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan postpones Iraq deployment
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Japan postpones Iraq deployment
"Japan's constitution bans its forces from engaging in offensive operations.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a staunch supporter of the war in Iraq and the subsequent occupation, received parliamentary approval last July to send up to 1,000 troops to Iraq.
But BBC Tokyo correspondent Jonathan Head says that since then, as the security situation has deteriorated, an already uneasy Japanese public has turned against the policy. "
"Japan's constitution bans its forces from engaging in offensive operations.
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, a staunch supporter of the war in Iraq and the subsequent occupation, received parliamentary approval last July to send up to 1,000 troops to Iraq.
But BBC Tokyo correspondent Jonathan Head says that since then, as the security situation has deteriorated, an already uneasy Japanese public has turned against the policy. "
posted by Max Dobberstein at 11/13/2003 05:59:00 AM
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