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Italy about to deploy 12,000 soldiers for peacekeeping mission abroad

Rome, Italy - Despite the withdrawal of 300 soldiers from Iraq in September, the Italian commitment is always a particularly significant one

Italian armed forces’s commitment abroad is about to achieve up to 12,000 soldiers. An impressive figure when considering the announcement of the withdrawal for 300 soldiers from Iraq by September, a withdrawal that "practically does not change our effort in that area", according to what said by Italian Chief of General Staff Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola. Di Paola put into evidence the importance of the r...

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Rome, Italy, 07/12/2005 18:49
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