Baghdad – The Carabinieri Task Force in Baghdad, serving in the mission “Prima Parthica,” concluded three training courses in favor of 900 police officers from the Iraqi Federal Police and Local Police. The graduation ceremony took place at Camp Dublin, in the presence of numerous civil and military authorities, including the US and Italian ambassadors in Iraq, the Special Envoy of the US President for the Global anti-daesh Coalition Ambassador Brett McGurk, accompanied by top leaders of the Coalition, the deputy representative of the Secretary general of the United Nations Lise Grande, the deputy Iraqi Interior Minister General D. Mowafaq, and the representative of the EU Delegation Thierry Martin. Italy was represented by the Chief of the General Command of the Carabinieri, General C.A. Ilio Ciceri. In June 2015, Italy deployed in Baghdad a Task Force Carabinieri of 90 men who trained about 2,100 local policemen overall. (9Colonne)
