 International terrorism charges and allegations of ties to al Qaeda might be enough to scare away some cellmates, in some countries. But Italian mobsters jailed on the island of Sardinia, apparently outraged by terrorism, beat up an Algerian terror suspect and threatened to kill him unless he got himself transferred to a new prison. The same threat was made against at least one other Algerian inmate. "You guys set off bombs and do massacres. If you don't change prisons, you're dead," the criminals were reported to have told Saadi Nassim, in comments confirmed by his lawyer. | Italian mobsters have forgotten more about intimidation than these guys will ever know. |
The case won prominence in leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera on Friday in a story headlined: "Muslim prisoners beat up by Camorra," referring the Naples-based mob organization. The criminals who threatened Nassim were themselves accused of murder, the paper said, without naming names. | They'd rather not be beaten up themselves |
Nassim is fighting charges of belonging to a cell linked to al Qaeda. A judge has authorized Nassim's transfer to a new prison, and a decision in the 2-year-old case is expected sometime next year. | The inference that there is organized crime involving persons of Italian origin is the opinion of the writer of the original article and in no way refelects the opinion of the poster or the members of his family. |
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