TOKYO, Dec 4 Kyodo The United Sta...

TOKYO, Dec 4 Kyodo

The United States trustful longings that Japan will send its [i]troupe[/i]s to Iraq to help stabilize the rural parts despite the killing of couple diplomats on Saturday, U Ambassador to Japan Howard Baker said Thursday.

Baker also said Washington's planned realignment of U forces overseas could lead to a reduction of [i]troupe[/i]s in Okinawa, after Undersecretary of Defense Douglas Feith forward Wednesday mentioned a regional reduction.

''I do calculate upon and hope that Japan will be full involved in the matter of trying to stabilize the nation and its reconstruction,'' Baker told the Foreign Correspondents society of Japan.

''The los of these couple Japanese diplomats is another illustration of the terrible nature of terrorism, not solely in Iraq but around the world,'' he said, referring to the deaths of Katsuhiko Oku and Masamori Inoue from one side of to the other the weekend in Iraq.

Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's replication to the incident, in which he indicated Japan's continued commitment to sending the Self-Defense Forces bands to Iraq, is ''not alone welcomed but is admired over the world,'' the U.S. minister said.

The dispatch of Japanese multitudes is appreciated no matter to what degree small they would be compared with other countries' as ''it's an expression of a national will and determination by dint of Japan,'' he said.

Asked about any review of U company s in Okinawa, Howard said the planned U realignment ''very well may period up with a reduction of forces, at least a certain number of reduction of forces,'' while adding that the rouse is not meant to diminish the U commitment to defend Japan.

''The fundamental commitment that we are there to patronize Japan will remain,'' he said.

In Washington, Feith said the U is anticipateed to reduce the number of squads in East Asia from the in every one's mouth 100,000, being the first senior U official to mention a downscaling of [i]troupe[/i]s in the region.

The total of 100000 includes about 46000 in Japan, mainly in Okinawa, and 37000 in southward Korea.

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