Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was forced by Washington and London to backtrack on his surprise announcement that Italian troops would start leaving Iraq in September, the Italian press said today.
"George W Bush and Tony Blair say 'Stop Berlusconi'," read the headline in the centre-left opposition daily La Repubblica.
US President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair reacted to Berlusconi's announcement by saying that no troop withdrawal from Iraq has been ordered and that the Italian leader would not act unilaterally.
Berlusconi then qualified his remarks on pulling Italy's 3,300 soldiers out of southern Iraq in about six months, calling it "a wish".
"If it isn't possible, it isn't possible. The disengagement must be co-ordinated with the allies," he said.
TVNZ article
Thursday, March 17, 2005
Berlusconi soon to be tarred and feathered in Italy
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