ROME - An Italian soldier died in Afghanistan. The report news agencies quoting parliamentary sources. According to preliminary information, and as stated by Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa, the soldier was killed by a sniper. The incident occurred a couple of hours ago, in the Gulistan district, west of the country."Another grief that comes on a day that had to be festive. There were too many deaths among our soldiers in Afghanistan,''said La Russa, who announces his intention to go to Afghanistan soon after the funeral of the young soldier died this morning . La Russa says that the military was guarding a tower south of the area under Italian control, when a rifle shot fired from a distance by a sniper hit him in the side, just a part of the body not protected.
" In addition to a tragedy''was a matter of great misfortune that even more anger - the minister added -. The soldier was protected by all measures, but was shot by a sniper in the shoulder. The coup 'is penetrated and has damaged vital organs. Already in recent days there had been exchanges of bullets, but did not have consequences.
Snipers are not new, but until now had never hurt anyone.'' In the Gulistan (Farah Province), one of the most 'hot' sector assigned to the control of the Italian military, the border of Helmand, the work by September 1 of 7 Alpine / or regiment of Belluno, which are the backbone south east of the Task Force, also composed of other military departments.
On 4 October, in the valley of the Gulistan, there is' the ambush that killed four other Italian soldiers. The area assigned to the control of the mountain, called Box Tripoli, was once under U.S. command. In these few months the Italian military have carried out a series of initiatives (including four projects of civil-military cooperation) with''great success'', as pointed out by only a few weeks ago, General David Petraeus, commander of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, on a visit to the mountain of Gulistan.
The grief of Napolitano. The President of the Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, learned with deep emotion the news of his feelings of solidarity expressed sympathy for the pain of the families of the fallen and the grief of the Armed Forces. IDV: "Day of Mourning." ''We are close to the family of the soldier killed in Afghanistan.
To them and all soldiers in those territories to express our condolences. This year ends with a feeling of sorrow for another victim of this ugly war,''said the president of Italia dei Valori Antonio Di Pietro. ''Today is a day of mourning - he concludes - a day of silence and we reinforce our positions, but we ask the government to come and report to Parliament as soon as possible.''
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