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| Afghanistan: Italian drone finds roadside bombs in west |
| 2009-08-22 |
| [ADN Kronos] Only hours after polling stations closed in Afghanistan, an unmanned Italian drone aircraft detected a series of roadside bombs planted in the western province of Farah where Italian soldiers are based. "There were many of these devices, which had been planted about 500 metres apart," said General Rosario Castellano, commander of Italy's Lightning Brigade within Regional Command West. The Regional Command West area covers western Afghanistan and 2,500 Italian soldiers are deployed there in the NATO-led peacekeeping force. There are currently three Italian Predator jets at RCW's Camp Arena base camp in the western province of Herat, and the drones operate throughout Afghanistan. A total of 56 roadside bombs were uncovered in western Afghanistan between April and July, compared with 27 found in the same period last year. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Ah - fine Italian aeroplane, keep a the boys safe ! - Break out the vino we have something to celibrate, Bravo. |
| Posted by: Don Vito de Chicago 2009-08-22 15:33 |