[alessandrofiaschi]

It's a free translation from italian.

[thoughtomator]

Preview of the Leftist campaign here to get the President assassinated.

[alessandrofiaschi]

PING!

[cibco]

How gentle are the Digos when interrogating scum?

[Kurt_D]

That what left-wing activism looks like... what do you think are the Pinkos planning to do for the presidential inauguration?

[Nexus]

trivet=tripod

[Nexus]

haematoma

n : a localized swelling filled with blood

[Shermy]

Maybe it was a critical comment about Berlusconi's new hair transplant...

[Destro]

Democracy - especially in hot blooded Italy - is messy.

[Ginifer]

Those peace loving liberals....if they can't convince you with their "Howard Dean Screams" then they pummel you with their tripods.

[Southack]

The leftists have to resort to demonizations and violence simply because they can't win any arguments in fair fights.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

...is now under interrogation by the Digos (Police).

Something tells me that the Digos aren't being a soft-sell on this one.

[Alex Marko]

Here is a report on anarchists in europe

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1311714/posts

[michigander]

Italy's Berlusconi Slightly Hurt in Tripod Attack

Fri Dec 31, 2004 02:55 PM ET

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was slightly injured Friday when a tourist threw a camera tripod at him in a packed Rome square, an official from the prime minister's party said.

Berlusconi was hit behind the ear by the tripod during an impromptu walkabout in Piazza Navona shortly after sunset. The official said Berlusconi was bruised in the attack and had seen a doctor as a precautionary measure.

ANSA news agency said the assailant was a 28-year old bricklayer from northern Italy who was in Rome for the New Year holiday. He was seized immediately after the assault.

"I did it because I hate him," ANSA quoted the man as telling police. "I certainly didn't plan this, but when I saw him there greeting the crowds, I couldn't stop myself," he added.

Berlusconi's spokesman Paolo Bonaiuti said: "The prime minister is saddened, deeply saddened."

A spokesman for Berlusconi's Forza Italia (Go Italy) party said center-left opposition parties bore some responsibility for the attack for having created an atmosphere of hate in Italy.

"This is the predictable fruit of a certain culture whereby ... politicians systematically incite hatred," Sandro Bondi said.

Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman, regularly goes for unannounced walkabouts in central Rome and often stops for an ice cream in a Piazza Navona cafe.

[The KG9 Kid]

I guess that means he was hit in the neck with a camera tripod?

[cake_crumb]

Left-wing "activism". It's the same all over. I'm glad he's ok and hope no more attempts will be made against him. Notice how the perpetrator never says WHY he hates Berscoloni? The guy probably doesn't even know himself.

Before the US elections, a left-wing "activist" tried to murder a Florida congresswoman with his car.

I've been worried for several months how much worse the "activism" will become.

[John Jorsett]

Interesting that somebody can get close enough to the Prime Minister to whack him with a camera tripod (I assume that's what it was and not a "trivet").

[7.62 x 51mm]

Get a rope.

[Mo1]

Those lefties are such a peaceful loving group ... / sarcasm >

[montag813]

Here's hoping the attacker "hangs himself" in custody

[F.J. Mitchell]

The left is so convinced they are right, that they will kill anyone who disagrees.