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Italian Defense: EUR 488m allocated for foreign missions

Rome, Italy - 8000 Italian military men engaged in 18 Countries

The Italian Defense Minister, Arturo Parisi, announced that the Government allocated EUR 488m for all the national missions abroad, which currently amount to 29 in 18 Countries. The main presence of Italian soldiers is in the Balkans, with 3335 military men, while 1843 are in Afghanistan, 2553 in Iraq and 282 in other international missions: 8013 total units. The previous Government had allocated more...

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Rome, Italy, 07/03/2006 12:12
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