Italy Reaffirms Troops Commitment to Iraq
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ROME - Premier Silvio Berlusconi reaffirmed Thursday that Italy would keep its troops in Iraq for as long as the government there wanted them.
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Italy insisted on Friday that the killing of an Italian journalist in Iraq by Islamist kidnappers would not shake its resolve to keep troops in Iraq.
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The Japanese cabinet has approved a proposal to keep the country's troops in Iraq for another year.
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Italian Defense Minister Antonio Martino said Friday Italy will play its part in a NATO program to train Iraqi soldiers and police to help bring peace and security to the country, local reports said.
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Echoing pledges by the leaders of France and Australia, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi emphasized his county's long-term commitment to Afghanistan in a meeting with President Hamid Karzai on Sunday, the presidential palace said
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Premier Silvio Berlusconi vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq even and condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage as an act that brings "us back to the dark ages of barbarity."
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended his government's decision to commit troops to the war in Iraq, saying given his time over again he would make the same decision.
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Rudolph W. Giuliani has been a firm supporter of both the initial decision to invade Iraq and the need to keep a stepped up troop presence in the country for the foreseeable future.
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Pope John Paul condemned the reported killing of an Italian hostage, and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Friday vowed Italian troops would not leave Iraq, denouncing the
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British troops would be redeployed in Iraq to help stabilize the conflict-torn country, not boost President Bush's chances of re-election, Prime Minister Tony Blair said Wednesday as he tried to quell dissent among skeptical lawmakers.
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Despite lighthearted public scenes, serious aims lie behind the trip, which affirms Italy and Britain as allies standing shoulder-to-shoulder in Iraq.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Sunday repeated his vow to keep about 550 troops in Iraq after the government confirmed that the decapitated body found on a street
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European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said Monday the Iraqi authorities can count on the support of the 25-nation EU after this weekend's elections highlighted the willingness to move toward a democratic Iraq.
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The Italian flag was lowered in Nassiriya on Friday, signaling the end of the nation's peacekeeping mission in Iraq three and a half years after it began.Comment
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Rome, August 28 - The government on Monday approved a decree greenlighting Italy's participation in the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon, a decision easily expected to obtain parliamentary backing .
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because Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had not bowed to demands to withdraw Italian troops from Iraq. were &quot;unreliable&quot; and was treating them with &quot;total suspicion&quot;.
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Just a year ago, Italian troops in Iraq were bleeding and dying. On Nov. 12, 2003, a truck crashed into the Italian headquarters in the southern city of Nasiriyah.