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| Italy: Police uncover G8 Žterror plotŽ |
| 2009-06-12 |
| [ADN Kronos] Italian anti-terrorist police arrested several people in in nationwide raids on Thursday in relation to a potential terror attack on the Group of Eight meeting which was to have been held on an island off the coast of Sardinia in July. The Division of General Investigations and Special Operations (DIGOS) and police from Rome, the Sardinian city of Sassari and northern cities of Milan and Genoa were involved in the police operation. Six people were reportedly arrested in the police raids which were the result of a two-year investigation. Among those arrested was Luigi Fallico, a former member of the terrorist group the Red Brigades, a group responsible for bank robberies and political assassinations in the 1970s and 1980s. Those arrested by police are alleged to have been involved in a plot to target the G8 meeting which was to have been held on the island of Maddalena off the coast of Sardinia. It is now due to be held in L'Aquila, site of the devastating April earthquake in the region of Abruzzo, outside Rome in July. The group face several charges including criminal association, terrorism and arms possession. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Are you sure it wasn't a hit (from movie 'The International', to stop Interpol Agent Louis Salinger and the Manhattan DA from uncovering massive corruption involving top banks and arms manufacturer Calvini? They tried to blame it on the Red Brigades, too. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2009-06-12 10:20 |