Shaken Italians mourn 18 dead in Iraq
A shaken Italian nation focused on mourning today after 18 Italians were killed and another was left brain dead in Iraq, Italy’s single worst military loss since the Second World War. But a political storm brewed over the country’s policy in the occupied country.
Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi – who supported the US-led war despite the opposition of most of his people – has vowed to keep up the country’s engagement in Iraq.