Monday, April 25, 2011

Italy adding its aircraft to the NATO bombing in Libya

Italy will allow its planes bombed military targets in Libya in the framework of the operation conducted by NATO forces, as confirmed by the Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, in a telephone conversation the U.S. president, Barack Obama, according to Government has informed the Alps. As reported by the newspaper La Repubblica, the Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, has ensured that the Italian aircraft will not make "indiscriminate bombing" missions but made "with precision missiles against specific targets," to "avoid the risk of hit civilians.

" The head of the Armed Forces has stressed that the authorization to bomb its aircraft without increasing the risk to the Italian forces and explained that the Government has taken this decision because in recent weeks the situation has become Misrata "terrible" according to Il Corriere della Sera.

The Italian executive explained in a statement that will report to Parliament on the new nature of the mission in Libya and that the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense, Franco Frattini and Ignazio La Russa, are willing to appear before the Joint Committee of Foreign Defense. The Government has indicated that it has decided to "increase operational flexibility" of aircraft deployed in the mission to Libya to "specific action against selected military targets in the Libyan territory" in a bid to "contribute to the civilian population" of the North African country .

"Thus, by participating in a parity level allied operations, Italy remains within the limits specified in the mandate of the operation and the resolutions of the Security Council of United Nations", said the Government trasalpino. The Government's decision has led to the rejection of the Northern League and the support of the Future and Freedom Party (FLI).

The national secretary of the Northern League and Legislative Simplification minister, Roberto Calderoli, has advance that their training did not support the Government's decision. "If they try to bomb, my vote will not ever," he assured. FLI vice president, Italo Bocchino, said the support of their training to the executive's decision but regretted that it was taken by U.S.

pressure. "It would have been nice to do with autonomy and not to Obama by throwing his jacket," he said.

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