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SDF Mission to Iraq Still Not Properly Evaluated

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Sato Taketsugu
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Five years ago Thursday (Japan time), U.S. bombers started pounding Iraq as part of an invasion force intended to topple Saddam Hussein, an action that would eventually embroil Japan. Yet, key questions remain unanswered over Tokyo's decision to dispatch Self-Defense Forces to the war-torn nation. Why did Japan feel so strongly that it had to support the U.S.-led invasion by sending SDF troops? What was its significance, justification and repercussions?

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Responsibility and Remembrance
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 14 , Special Issue S14: Course Reader No. 14. Japan and the American-led Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq , 2016 , pp. 176 - 178
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Copyright © The Authors 2016

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