Posted on 02/18/2015 6:54:41 PM PST by SJackson
A statement after a meeting of military and security officials said they would guard sensitive sites and targets until at least June.
Italy has deployed thousands of troops throughout the country due to security concerns following Saturdays two shooting attacks in Copenhagen, one of which targeted a synagogue.
Italian media said about 500 soldiers would be deployed in Rome, where army troops already help guard diplomatic missions and residences, the capitals synagogue, and Jewish schools. Last year a pigs head was found placed outside of Romes Grand Synagogue.
The new troops are expected to be deployed at tourist venues, such as archeological sites and monuments.
Saturdays shooting of Danish- Israeli synagogue guard Dan Uzan rocked European Jews already reeling from last months shooting of four Jews at a kosher supermarket in Paris and a shooting at a Jewish school in Brussels last May. Four people were also killed in that attack. A Jewish cemetery in France was discovered desecrated earlier this week as well.
According to a recent report by the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research, a third of Italian Jews perceived a rise in anti-Semitism in recent years.
About one-third of respondents thought that hostility toward Jews in public places had increased in the past five years, and a similar proportion thought that there had been an increase in desecration of Jewish cemeteries, vandalism of Jewish buildings and institutions, and anti-Semitism in political life, the report found.
Although one-third of the Italian Jews who responded had experienced anti-Semitic harassment within the year before they were polled, and one-fifth recalled suffering discrimination as Jews, 87 percent stated that they had never avoided Jewish events or sites out of fear for their safety.
However, 30% of respondents spoke of avoiding displaying overt symbols of Jewish affiliation such as kippot, mezuzot, and Stars of David.
Over 40% expressed concern over the possibility of verbal abuse or harassment, while 30% indicated that they were worried about those close to them suffering physical abuse as Jews.
European Jewish communities are getting used to a higher level of security in recent days, with troops also deployed in Belgium and France in response to the heightened risk of terrorism.
ISIS claims it is coming for Rome (Vatican)
Someone in Europe needs to form a coalition and state that the next time a European white civilized person is murdered in the name of allah that x amount of armies are marching SE to the Gulf.
This is not terrorism anymore. This is war. Calling it anything else is delusional at this point.
These savages were driving around in a column on parade celebrating with flags flying in Al Baghdadi. Don’t we have armed drones all over that and other cities held by the Islamic savages?
Oh, silly me.
When ten French soldiers were killed last year in an ambush by Afghan insurgents in what had seemed a relatively peaceful area, the French public were horrified.
Their revulsion increased with the news that many of the dead soldiers had been mutilated and with the publication of photographs showing the militants triumphantly sporting their victims flak jackets and weapons. The French had been in charge of the Sarobi area, east of Kabul, for only a month, taking over from the Italians; it was one of the biggest single losses of life by Nato forces in Afghanistan.
What the grieving nation did not know was that in the months before the French soldiers arrived in mid-2008, the Italian secret service had been paying tens of thousands of dollars to Taleban commanders and local warlords to keep the area quiet, The Times has learnt. The clandestine payments, whose existence was hidden from the incoming French forces, were disclosed by Western military officials.
I suspect that the Mafia will have a few tricks to show the Mooselimbs when Isis tries to hit the Vatican. Isis ain’t the only ones who can handle a blade.
Makes me think of the book Empires of the Sea. History repeating itself.
Dark Times
All of Europe is France nowadays when it comes to fighting their enemies.
I heard some have reported rumbling sounds in Musolini’s tomb. Maybe its time to bring out your Black Shirts?
Alessandra Mussolini (born 30 December 1962) is an Italian politician, the granddaughter of Benito Mussolini, and previously an actress and model. She is since 2013 a member of the Italian Senate, elected for The People of Freedom which later became part of Forza Italia, and since 2014 a Member of the European Parliament for Forza Italia.
She was the founder and leader of the national conservative political party Social Action; from 2004 until 2008, Mussolini also served as a Member of the European Parliament, and she has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Italian Parliament, for The People of Freedom.
.....and not guilty.
right now I’m getting up in Ragusa ,Sicily been here for week . if I see any troops anywhere I will report. So far I have seen zero troops. The coffee is great. No troops yet.
500 Italian soldiers to protect Rome. Great. That should do it.
Good thing I’ve been to see Rome before it became the newest holy city of the caliphate.
It won’t be long until all of the statues are torn down, the art in the Vatican destroyed and Saint Peters turned in to a dandy new mosque.
“This is war. Calling it anything else is delusional at this point.”
Rather calling it anything else is aiding and abetting the enemy.
Obama’s policies of denial and wish fulfillment created this upsurge. He and all who voted for him can be blamed.
Because History Has A Way Of Repeating Itself......la, la!
Don't let the ceremonial costumes fool you. The Swiss Guards ARE real security forces. They are all former Swiss military, and are equipped with modern weaponry.
My parents were children in italy during Musolini.
I was born in 1962.
Now this. You gave me a lot to think about and look into.
You got me choked up man. She is beautiful and my age!
And best of all on my side.
WOW...I know this world disappoints so often....xo
And typically brilliant, too. Speaking of the men of her country, she said, “The fact is we need so many soldiers because there are so many ugly men.”
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