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Several members of Italy's Carabinieri paramilitary police force called for the deaths or beatings of two American teenagers who were arrested in the hours after an officer's slaying, Italian media reported Wednesday. A Carabinieri officer has been charged with using unjustified measures in handling a suspect for allegedly blindfolding one of the teens illegally as he awaited questioning at a police station. Phone messaging chats involving several Carabinieri hours after the July 2019 arrests of the young tourists were introduced as evidence at the officer's trial on Wednesday. Gabriel Natale-Hjorth and Finnegan Lee Elder, respectively 18 and 19 at the...

BAGHDAD — Iraqi National Police graduated from the first Carabinieri-trained Iraqi National Police Course Dec. 18 here at Camp Dublin. The 450 graduates were commended by Iraqi Minister Bolani, Minister of Interior; Iraqi Police Maj. Gen. Hussein, Iraqi National Police commander; U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James Dubik, NATO Training Mission – Iraq commander; Italian Maj. Gen. Alessandro Pompegniani, NATO Training Mission – Iraq deputy commander; and U.S. Army General David Petraeus, Multi-National Force – Iraq commanding general. Each of the speakers told the police graduates that the Carabinieri-trained National Police Course takes into account Iraq’s unique security concerns and the...

Iraqi National Police training with Italian Carabinieri, demonstrate anti-riot policing techniques. Anti-riot policing is one of 15 topics taught in the eight-week Carabinieri training at Camp Dublin, Iraq. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Erica R. Gardner. CAMP DUBLIN — Italian Maj. Gen. Alessandro Pompegnani, deputy commander, NATO Training Mission – Iraq, and Italian Col. Fabrizio Parrulli, commander of the Italian Carabinieri Team, hosted a media day focusing on Carabinieri technique training for the Iraqi National Police Dec. 5. The first eight-week training course for 450 Iraqi National Police began Oct. 27.The participants range from junior to senior...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2007 – The NATO Training Mission in Iraq is developing a new Gendarmerie-type training program focusing on key leadership skills taught by an Italian Carabinieri training unit. The French Gendarmerie and Italian Carabinieri are military bodies charged with police duties among civilian populations. Officials believe this approach is ideally suited to security conditions in Iraq. Italian Maj. Gen. Alessandro Pompegnani, deputy commander of the NATO Training Mission, said he is confident that new efforts to expand training under guidance of the Italian police force will be highly successful in allowing Iraqi security leadership to develop “the right...

Evaluation of Trip to Bavaria "My Deep Respect for the Great Religions, in Particular for Muslims" VATICAN CITY, SEPT. 20, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of Benedict XVI's address at today's general audience, which he dedicated to evaluate his Sept. 9-14 trip to Bavaria. * * * Dear Brothers and Sisters: Today I wish to recall again different moments of the pastoral trip that the Lord allowed me to undertake last week to Bavaria. On sharing with you the emotions and sentiments felt when returning to those dearly beloved places, I feel the need first of all to thank...

FIGHT BETWEEN MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN PALERMO: 3 INJURED (AGI) - Palermo, Feb. 8 - Orthodox Christian and Muslim nomads living together in a nomad camp at Palermo's Favorita ended up in a violent fight causing the injury of 3 people, later arrested by Carabinieri forces. Investigation on the reasons are under way but Carabinieri forces believe they can be found in the permanent climate of tension between the two groups belonging to different ethnic and religious groups. The fight apparently started on the pretext of a loud squealing of tyres by one of the arrested near the caravans of...

At least 12 Italian police and soldiers were reported killed in a truck bomb attack against their base in southern Iraq, the first Italian casualties since they joined the US-led coalition in June. The massive blast gutted the building housing the paramilitary Carabinieri force in Nasiriyah in southern Iraq, trapping several men under rubble. The Ansa news agency said nine of the dead belonged to the paramilitary Carabinieri force and three were members of an army contingent in Iraq, where Italy has deployed a total force of 3,000. The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Pier Ferdinando Casini, calling for...

<p>Iraqis and the Italian military police may have suffered some injuries in the blast, the official said, but more details were not immediately available.</p> <p>Italy has sent about 2,500 troops to help the reconstruction in Iraq.</p>

Nov. 12 — A truck bomb rocked the headquarters of the Italian Carabinieri police in the southern Iraqi city of Nasiriyah on Wednesday, killing at least 14 Italians and possibly trapping others under the debris, Carabinieri officials said in Rome. The Arabic language television station Al-Jazeera said eight Iraqis were also killed. IT WAS THE first such attack in this relatively quiet Shiite Muslim city since the beginning of the U.S.-led occupation and appeared aimed at sending a message to international organizations that they are not safe anywhere in Iraq. Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called the bombing a “terrorist...