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Italy's ex-president admits terror deal
Jerusalem Post ^
| 8/19/2008
| Staff
Posted on 08/19/2008 2:44:38 PM PDT by mojito
A former Italian president says his country had allowed Palestinian terror groups to roam free in exchange for not attacking Italian targets.
Francesco Cossiga's admission confirmed claims of such a deal revealed last week in an interview in the Corriere della Sera newspaper with Bassam Abu Sharif, the former chief of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
In a letter published Aug. 15 in Corriere della Sera, Cossiga described a "secret 'non-belligerence pact' between the Italian state and Palestinian resistance organizations, including terrorist groups" such as the PFLP. The deal, he said, had been devised by Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who in 1978 was kidnapped and assassinated by the Italian terror group the Red Brigades.
Nonetheless, there were several major Palestinian terror attacks on Italian targets in the 1970s and 1980s. They included attacks on Rome's airport and main synagogue, and the hijacking of the cruise ship the Achille Lauro cruise ship.
Last month, Cossiga accused the PFLP of being behind a terrorist attack at the Bologna train station in 1980 that killed 85 people. That attack has long been ascribed to Italian neo-fascist terrorists, and two leaders of a neo-fascist extremist group were given life sentences for their role in the attack.
TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Israel; War on Terror
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How sophisticated and European.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:44:39 PM PDT
by
mojito
To: mojito
We need to keep a wary eye on Italy, they’re known to flip flop like the best of Democrats.
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:46:03 PM PDT
by
GauchoUSA
To: mojito
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:46:11 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
( God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: mojito
Wasn’t it Italy that released the Archille Lauro hijackers?
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posted on
08/19/2008 2:55:52 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: mojito
“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:02:17 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: SJSAMPLE
Yes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25572429/
“ROME - Italian authorities have ordered a Palestinian man expelled after he served his sentence for taking part in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship, which resulted in the murder of an American citizen.
The 43-year-old Ibrahim Fatayer Abdelatif was freed Monday from a temporary holding center for illegal immigrants in Rome, said his lawyer, Francesco Romeo.”
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:05:26 PM PDT
by
mojito
To: mojito; Clemenza
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:12:32 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Alps !"~~)
To: mojito
“How sophisticated and European.”
European = cowardly?
I buy that.
The Philippine government is adopting a minor variation of that model: Muslim autonomy in predominantly Muslim island of Mindanao in exchange for peace and quiet for the Christians living among them.
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:20:33 PM PDT
by
Ben Reyes
To: mojito
Last month, Cossiga accused the PFLP of being behind a terrorist attack at the Bologna train station in 1980 that killed 85 people. That attack has long been ascribed to Italian neo-fascist terrorists, and two leaders of a neo-fascist extremist group were given life sentences for their role in the attack.
So, not only appeasement pact with terrorists, but also a jailing of the not guilty guys in the name of maintaining that appeasement. Nice indeed. To terrorists and to terrorists only.
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:27:17 PM PDT
by
alecqss
To: mojito
do I really have to say it???
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posted on
08/19/2008 3:33:11 PM PDT
by
Chode
(American Hedonist - CTHULHU/NYARLATHOTEP'08 = Nothing LESS!!!)
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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This comes as a surprise to no one, but it's a plus that they admit it. Perhaps they'll recognize the error of their ways.
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posted on
08/19/2008 4:04:38 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(as a black man, you know, Barack can get shot going to the gas station, Michelle O)
To: mojito
Helps to explain why the Bush administration had a relatively small anti-terror coalition.
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posted on
08/19/2008 4:29:05 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: mojito
The deal [with Terrorists], he said, had been devised by Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who in 1978 was kidnapped and assassinated by the Italian terror group the Red Brigades. [Terrorists].How ironically fitting.
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posted on
08/19/2008 4:54:51 PM PDT
by
Paul Ross
(Ronald Reagan-1987:"We are always willing to be trade partners but never trade patsies.")
To: mojito
Wanna but a good Italian rifle? It was not fired and only dropped once. sarcasm on.
To: mojito
Good for them for being open and honest about it.
I'd bet my monthly salary that Italy isn't the only one.
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posted on
08/19/2008 5:47:46 PM PDT
by
Teacher317
(Thank you Dith Pran for showing us what Communism brings)
To: SJackson
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posted on
08/19/2008 6:44:32 PM PDT
by
Deetes
(God Bless the Troops .)
To: mojito
BUMP - I wonder if after Beslan the Neo-Soviets did the same thing with the Muslim terrorists? JERKS...
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posted on
08/19/2008 8:25:01 PM PDT
by
LibertyRocks
(LR's BLOG: http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com)
To: nw_arizona_granny; DAVEY CROCKETT; Velveeta; milford421; Cindy; backhoe; Mr. Noodle; cgk; Quix; ...
Thought you would all be interested in reading this article... Italy appeased the Islamic terrorists so they wouldn’t attack them! Will people ever learn???
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posted on
08/19/2008 9:03:04 PM PDT
by
LibertyRocks
(LR's BLOG: http://libertyrocks.wordpress.com)
To: mojito
The deal, he said, had been devised by Prime Minister Aldo Moro, who in 1978 was kidnapped and assassinated by the Italian terror group the Red Brigades. Instant Karma's gonna get you.....
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posted on
08/20/2008 12:30:33 AM PDT
by
happygrl
To: thackney
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Thanks very much for that....we would be wise to take these words to heart.
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posted on
08/20/2008 4:55:15 AM PDT
by
milford421
(U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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