Iraq occupation 'unjustified' - Prodi

Romano Prodi, the European Union chief who also helps lead Italy’s largest opposition coalition, said in a letter published today that he has no doubt that the Italian left would end the nation’s military role in Iraq if elected to power.

His front-page letter in Milan daily Corriere della Sera identified Prodi as EU Commission president, but his words clearly reflected his view in his role as head of the Olive Tree, a grouping of political parties ranging from former Communists to centrists.