Italy withdraws troops from Iraq

[Glockmatic]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4352259.stm

Italy is to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September 2005, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said.

He told Rai state television the pullout would take place "in agreement with our allies".

Italy has 3,000 troops in Iraq - the fourth largest foreign contingent.

Domestic opposition to Italy's involvement in Iraq intensified after the killing of an Italian agent by US troops in Baghdad earlier this month.

The surprise announcement came as Italy's lower house of parliament backed a recent Senate vote to extend the country's military presence in Iraq beyond June.

 

[Pacaveli-T]

good i dont want no more italians to die...

 

[makaveli_411]

Damn it was really about time for them to realize this war wasn't worth it since the beginning. I can't believe how much people died over some stupid cause from the American government and their Weapons of Mass Destruction that never existed in that country to start with. I wonder where a lot of Americans are going to go once it'll be Judgement Day. Killing kids, wives, and elderly people with their so-called smart bombs, get the f outta here. And then saying how it wasn't supposed to happen. It's a very sad world we live in. I wonder if everybody thought like JFK what would happen, would the government have to take out everyone or would a new revolution start and peace would be the central theme in this whole world.

Peace