Japan wants to help US in Iraq

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Removed from the list of possible assignment for Japanese troops in Iraq, however, was the task of dismantling weapons of mass destruction (WMD). Although the prime minister is still convinced that "they must be somewhere" in Iraq, the majority of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers agreed that it is pointless to worry about WMD that remain invisible even to the eagle eyes in Washington.

"Nonsense," said the Yomiuri Shimbun, dismissing the government's decision to leave it up to the United States to find (or not) and dismantle WMD. Japan seemed to have forgotten the "great cause" it supported, the paper complained.