Do you have a reference to this?
Yep. It was in the main Italian paper of the Prime Minister and reported by Debka:
http://www.debka.com/article.php?aid=757
Note that no-one here (or anywhere else) disputed the fact it was IN that paper..instead, many blasted Debka. But NO-ONE in the USG, FR, or any major news agency argued the fact that the article WAS published on the front page of what is apparently Italy's main paper.
I'm surprised there are not more like me absolutely freaking out about this. Imagine if this was the front page of the NYT, WSJ, etc. Isn't that what we're talking about here, with it being front page of one of Italy's main (equivalent to NYT, etc) papers?!!!
Seems like a pretty credible threat to me.