  the carabinieri (formally arma dei carabinieri, "arm of carabineers" or previously "corps of carabiniers";peter g. stone, joanne farchakh bajjaly, robert fisk. the destruction of cultural heritage in iraq. boydell & brewer ltd, 2008richard heber wrightson, a history of modern italy, from the first french revolution to the year 1850. elibron.com, 2005 ) is the national military police of italy, policing both military and civilian populations. it originally was founded as the police force of the kingdom of sardinia. during the process of italian unification, it was appointed the "first force" of the new national military organization. although the carabinieri assisted in the suppression of opposition during the rule of benito mussolini, they also were responsible for his downfall and many units were disbanded by nazi germany, which resulted in large nu
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