Posted: 9/20/2010 10:18:07 AM EDT
 (ANSA) - Rome September 17 - One of the two members of Italy's special forces in Afghanistan wounded Friday in a firefight with insurgents has died, defense ministry sources have told ANSA. The casualty was named as Lt. Alessandro Romani of the 9th Col. Moschin assault regiment. The firefight took place in the Bakwa District, in the western Farah Province, after a group of insurgents had planted a roadside bomb, military sources said. The special forces were called into action when an Italian drone spotted the insurgents planting the bomb. They came under fire as they were landing their helicopter, the sources added. Initially, Lt. Romani and a private were said to have only suffered minor shoulder wounds, one more seriously than the other. Lt. Romani's death was later confirmed by the Italian command headquarters in Herat. http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubriche/english/2010/09/17/visualizza_new.html_1762237323.html  |