YOKOSUKA, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 15: Families of the Japanese Self Defence Force see off the Japanese support vessel "Murasame" sailing to Muroran, Japan, on a mission to protect the 8,900-ton Maritime Self-Defence Force ship, Oosumi, which will transport supplies to Ground Self Defence Force troops in Iraq, on February 16, 2004, at Yokosuka Base, Yokosuka, Japan. Murasame and Oosumi are scheduled to leave for Kuwait from Muroran on February 20. (Photo by Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images)
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