But it won't seriously prejudice the official Italian position of keeping troops in Iraq.

On the night of 17/18 July the detachment attacked the Italian position.

My guess was that it was part of the second Italian position.

The elimination of the Italian positions was easy once we had possession of the peak.

We moved at the double toward the west through the Italian positions which had previously been mopped up by the 2d Company.

The Italian positions south of the road began to empty.

The fighting continued until 5 January when the Italian position had been cut almost into two.

It would certainly be helpful for us to know what the Italian Presidency's position is on this matter.

And secondly, what is the main reason for this change in the Italian position?

This prompted a general collapse of the Italian position in the north.