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Italy may put '10 times' more troops in cities: Berlusconi
AFP - Sunday, January 25
ROME (AFP) - - Italy could increase by ten-fold the estimated 3,000 troops patrolling major cities and sensitive areas across the country since August, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Saturday.
Berlusconi said Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa and Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, "proposed to multiply by 10 the number of soldiers" to "fight the army of evil" and rampant crime, according to the ANSA agency.
A commission will be set up look into the issue "in the next few days", after which point the number of troops could be progressively stepped up, La Russa said.
In August, Berlusconi ushered in the controversial move to deploy the troops amid a series of measures aimed at cracking down on both crime and illegal immigration, issues his right wing government has tied together.
The Italian left and police unions criticised the use of troops, accusing Berlusconi's government of seeking to "militarize" city centres and cover up cuts in spending on defence and security.
The safety of Italy's streets once again made headlines after two highly-publicised rape cases Wednesday.
A 41-year-old woman was raped by two men near in a bus stop in Rome, and five men beat a couple, raping the woman, in Guidonia, near Rome.
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Italy could increase by ten-fold the estimated 3,000 troops patrolling major cities and sensitive areas across the country since August, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, pictured here in December 2008, said Saturday.
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