Japan latest nation to withhold Iraq troops
Japan balks at sending Iraq force
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BAGHDAD, Iraq, Nov. 13 — As the death toll from a devastating attack on an Italian compound in southern Iraq rose to 32, including 19 Italians, Japan said Thursday it was reconsidering its planned dispatch of non-combat forces to Iraq. Meanwhile, grappling with the expanding insurgency, U.S. forces launched two attacks on alleged guerrilla targets around Baghdad.
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What do the Japanese know that Mr. Bush apparently does not?