Tokyo Confirms 2 Japanese Killed in Iraq
Tokyo Confirms 2 Japanese Killed in Iraq
TOKYO - Two Japanese diplomats were killed Saturday after their car was ambushed near the Iraqi city of Tikrit, Japan's foreign ministry said.
Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said the two had been in Tikrit to attend a reconstruction aid conference.
The deaths are the first of Japanese in Iraq since the U.S. invasion, and could have a severe impact on Tokyo's plans to send non-combat troops to help the U.S.-led reconstruction of that country.
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