http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=italy
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21466131-2703,00.html
"Italian hostage exchange attacked"
Natasha Bita, Rome
March 29, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "NATO criticised Italy yesterday for trading Taliban prisoners for the life of a hostage, as the Italian Senate voted to keep troops in Afghanistan.
After a closed-door NATO meeting in Brussels, US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns revealed that NATO members were angry at Italy's decision last week to negotiate the release of five imprisoned Taliban terrorists in return for the freedom of an Italian journalist kidnapped in Afghanistan.
"There was a clear sense in the room that none of us should agree to negotiate the release of hostages in return for terrorists," Mr Burns told Reuters."
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http://counterterrorismblog.org/2007/03/italy_the_strange_islamistcomm.php
"Italy: the strange Islamist/Communist alliance"
By Lorenzo Vidino
March 28, 2007