Italy to Start Pulling Troops from Iraq in Sept (5)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU 2005-03-15 19:57 ID:fsavN+AF

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7909790
Italy will start to withdraw its soldiers from Iraq this September, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Tuesday, adding to the list of U.S. allies looking to cut their troop levels.

2 Name: bubu!bUBu/A.ra6 2005-03-15 21:26 ID:Heaven

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-12-voa29.cfm
Ukraine's defense ministry says it will begin a three-stage withdrawal of its troops from Iraq next week. [...] A full withdrawal should be complete by October.

3 Name: Albright!LC/IWhc3yc 2005-03-16 07:36 ID:DOWgL7Su

We thank the Italians for their welcomed and valuable contribution to the coalition, and hope they won't be strangers in the future.

4 Name: bubu!bUBu/A.ra6 2005-03-16 12:59 ID:Heaven

Dunno about "strangers". But they might be chinese in the future!

SAIC to absorb FIAT

Italian industry giant Fiat, who has hit the news frequently for its remarkably bad condition, is likely to be bought out by Nanjing-based SAIC, a chinese corporation also seeking to buy a stake in Rover. Insiders report that Luca "il Duca" [Cordero di Montezemolo] may be crammed into a plexiglass cage in shockfrozen state and carted off to Beijing, to be put on public display in his famous "HÖÖRJ!" gesture

5 Name: bubu!bUBu/A.ra6 2005-03-16 20:31 ID:Heaven

http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=38861
never fear, they won't be strangers. il cavaliere just had a fever.

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