The United States didn't know two
Western hostages were in the compound it targeted in a CIA drone
strike in January, Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni told the
House Friday. "The government confirmed there was no information
leading them to believe hostages were present," Gentiloni said,
adding Italy pressed Pakistan to set up a task force to look for
aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto as soon as he went missing in
Pakistan in 2012. Italy "exerted maximum diplomatic pressure on
local authorities to shed light on the incident," he said.
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