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Italy will start withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said.
"We will begin to reduce our contingent even before the end of the year, starting in September, in agreement with our allies," he said in an interview on state television.
Italy has 3,000 troops in Iraq, the fourth largest foreign contingent after the United States, Britain and South Korea.
Was this part of the hostage deal?
heh
But according to Kerry, we were there all by ourselves.