The first 800 troops of the Italian contingent for a major U.N. peacekeeping force for Lebanon set sail on Tuesday on a mission that the Rome government warned would be “long and risky.” The aircraft carrier Garibaldi, flagship of the Italian fleet, met four other Navy ships off the Mediterranean port of Brindisi for an official send-off for the landing force of 803 plus 1,350 sailors and air defense crew taking them to Lebanon. Full Story
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