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April 28th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda It is highly unusual for Italian defence ministers to be serving officers, but Di Paola was appointed as part of an unelected technocrat government which replaced the conservative coalition of Silvio Berlusconi in November, amid market jitters over Italy’s massive debt.
The cuts were of “fundamental importance” and needed the widest political support, the minister told parliament in Rome.
They are part of a far-reaching defence spending review, with the military budget for this year slashed by nearly a third.
In addition to the personnel cuts, Italy has also cut back on its purchases of military hardware.
The defence minister announced in February that the country will reduce its acquisition of Joint Strike Fighters from 131 to 90.
The number of tanks, artillery, navy ships and helicopters is also being trimmed.
The defence cuts are part of a broad plan by the government of Mario Monti, the prime minister, to reduce Italy’s 1.9 trillion euro national debt through reductions in spending, pension and employment reform and efforts to stimulate the country’s sluggish economic growth.
There are renewed fears that Italy, the euro zone’s third-largest economy, could be sucked deeper into the financial crisis along with Spain and Portugal.
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