"Many inexplicably bearing the flags of the USA, Great Britain, Spain, Poland, Japan..."
Japanese troops heading for Iraq in coming weeks will be equipped with everything required by a modern army: portable anti-tank rocket launchers, recoilless machine guns, flak jackets and...hundreds of soccer balls.
The weapons will be used to defend against attack.
The balls, emblazoned with Japan's rising sun symbol, are part of a strategy of winning friends among residents of Samawa, the southern city where Japan's 600 or so troops will be based.
No comments:
Post a Comment