After the tension in the Balkan area , during the Yugoslav Wars , in particular in the northern part of Kosovo a MSU detachment was deployed in Albania to aid the country in the refugees management . The mission was codenamed '' ' AFOR '' . During the NATO Mission , inside the Multi-National Force – Iraq , MSU was deployed alongside other Italians units . The Italian Mission codename was Operation Ancient Babylon . MSU was composed by Italian Carabinieri , Italian Army liaison officers , members of Romanian Military Police and Portuguese National Republican Guard . During the mission MSU suffered heavy losses , in particular for the 2003 Nasiriyah bombing
2003 Nasiriyah bombing
2003 Nasiriyah bombing
Multinational Specialized Unit