Italian PM: "We Consider The War And Occupation In Iraq A Grave Error"...

Associated Press May 18, 2006 at 10:13 AM
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Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said Thursday the war in Iraq was a "grave" mistake, but said Italy would remain on the front lines in the war against terror.

"We consider the war and occupation in Iraq a grave error that hasn't solved -- but has complicated -- the problem of security," Prodi said in his first address to the Senate as prime minister. "Terrorism has found a new base and new excuses for internal and external terrorist action."

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