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Transcript: Deaths Prompt Italy To Rethink Troops In Afghanistan
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MADELEINE BRAND
NPR All Things Considered
09-21-2009
Deaths Prompt Italy To Rethink Troops In Afghanistan
Host: MADELEINE BRAND
Time 21:00-22:00 PM
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MADELEINE BRAND, host:
Italy marked a national day of mourning today. Thousands of people came out for a state funeral for six soldiers who were killed last week in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan. It was the country's biggest single loss in a war that is increasingly unpopular in Italy.
As NPR's Sylvia Poggioli reports from Rome, the deaths have added fuel to the debate about Italy's future in Afghanistan.
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SYLVIA POGGIOLI: Mourners gathered at Rome's Basilica of St. Paul outside the Walls. Many waved the ...
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