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Italian minister of Defense La Russa: AMX airplanes in Afghanistan won't be armed

Lisbon, Portugal - It was unveiled in the NATO's summit in Lisbon

During the press-conference held at the end of the NATO's summit in Lisbon, Italy's minister of Defense, Ignazio La Russa, said that there is no need to arm the Italian jets "AMX" operating in the Afghan theater. The hypothesis had been launched by the same minister of Defence after that, on October 9th, four soldiers were killed, bringing to 34 the number of Italians dead in the ISAF mission in...

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Rome, Italy, 11/22/2010 16:17
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