Defense Minister Antonio Martino made his remarks before a parliamentary committee in Rome.
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Italian soldier in Iraq (file photo) (AFP) 19 January 2006 -- Italy's defense chief says that Italian troops will "definitively" have completed their mission in Iraq by the end of this year.
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