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Taliban: Italy Paid Us Protection Money

Italian government denies bribing insurgents to leave its troops alone

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 16, 2009 3:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Italian secret services bribed the Taliban not to attack Italian forces in Afghanistan, according to both a Taliban commander and senior officials in the Afghan government. The accusations have sparked fury in France, which lost 10 soldiers in an ambush after taking over a...   Read full story »

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