BAGHDAD: A truck bomb killed 12 Italian soldiers yesterday in the first serious attack on Rome's contingent with the US-led coalition in Iraq.
Another officer from the paramilitary carabinieri police was reported missing in the explosion and fire that destroyed their base in the southern city of Nasiriyah, according to official reports from Rome.
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