Even though Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been a major supporter of the US-led invasion of Iraq, fellow Roman citizens think otherwise. More than 2,000 Italian troops are deployed as part of the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan. The 3000-man contingent to Iraq returned home recently.

Anti-war activists and demonstrators marched through the Italian capital. Commercial flights were banned over the city, buses and trams were re-routed and thousands of cops manned key intersections -- all to ensure a smooth journey for the world's most powerful man.

Image: Berlusconi with Bush at the Villa Madama in Rome.
Photograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

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