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Report: 142 Arrested in Italy Terror Sweep
AP ^
| July 9th, 2005
| AP
Posted on 07/09/2005 6:06:09 AM PDT by Eurotwit
ROME - Police arrested 142 people in a two-day anti-terrorism security sweep around Milan prompted by the London bombings, the ANSA news agency reported Saturday.
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Some 2,000 carabinieri paramilitary police fanned out across the Lombardy region, stepping up patrols around train stations, subways and other sensitive sites, ANSA said, quoting the regional commander of the carabinieri, Gen. Antonio Girone.
Girone said the operation was focusing around Milan as "a possible primary objective of any possible terrorist action," ANSA said. Calls placed to Girone's office weren't immediately returned Saturday.
Of those arrested, 83 were immigrants and authorities issued 52 deportation orders, ANSA said.
The operation was one of the most visible signs of stepped-up security measures around Italy following Thursday's attacks in London and threats that Italy might be targeted as well for its support of the U.S.-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: alqaedaitaly; captured; gwot; italy; jihadineurope
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Good job.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:06:09 AM PDT
by
Eurotwit
To: Eurotwit
Yeah, I hope that they continue the roundup. And here, also, in the U.S. And the U.K. And Canada. And Mexico.
For starters....
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:11:28 AM PDT
by
BIRDS
To: Eurotwit
I guess it took a bombing in London for Europe to get serious on the terror front.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:17:26 AM PDT
by
alice_in_bubbaland
("Consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies")
To: Eurotwit; Dog; Angelus Errare; section9; Prodigal Son; Cap Huff; Boot Hill; HAL9000; ...
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:20:12 AM PDT
by
Coop
(www.heroesandtraitors.org)
To: Eurotwit
Europe better wake up. Radical islamist are immigrating in larger and larger numbers, setting up their own hate communities whereever they settle.
I've read where France doesn't even control the northern part of its own county any longer.
To: Eurotwit
Good, I have been worried that they will some day, go after the Vatican.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:24:37 AM PDT
by
mware
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche........ "Nope, you are"-- GOD)
To: Eurotwit
1) Investigate
2) Locate
3) Apprehend
4) Interrogate
5) Execute
Repeat steps 1 through 5 until peace and security are re-established.
Period.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:26:07 AM PDT
by
MarineDad
(Whenever mosques and JDAM's meet, civilization benefits.)
To: Eurotwit
Good. Seems like the Milan judges, prosecutors, and police had spent a lot of time tracking CIA agents who took a dangerous cleric/terrorist off their streets. Maybe it's back to basics.
To: Eurotwit
Let's send them to Gitmo for the hurrican season
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:29:25 AM PDT
by
txroadhawg
(Don't believe any statistics unless you made them up yourself)
To: Coop
Yes they are.
"authorities issued 52 deportation orders"
I hope England follows suit.
10
posted on
07/09/2005 6:30:24 AM PDT
by
nuconvert
(No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR) [there's a lot of bad people in the pistachio business])
To: Eurotwit
Bringing down the hammer! Keep it up.
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:31:25 AM PDT
by
Allegra
(On the Rocks With Salt, Please...)
To: mware
"Good, I have been worried that they will some day, go after the Vatican."
I believe they already tried and failed with their attempt to assassinate Pope John Paul. Hopefully they won't be successful in a second attempt.
12
posted on
07/09/2005 6:45:26 AM PDT
by
poobear
(Imagine a world of liberal silence.)
To: poobear
You are right and that was pre-9/11 and pre Iraq. The media has chosen to ignore the dozens of attacks before Iraq so they can keep to their talking points that Iraq has made terrorism worse.
Actually, the clear evidence is that the attacks are decreasing in sophistication and deadliness.
It is still bad that these thugs can do any attacks, so we need to keep up the pressure.
To: poobear; mware
"Good, I have been worried that they will some day, go after the Vatican."Ol' Ramzi Yousef had every intention of killing Pope John Paul while he was visiting Manila. Thankfully, he had an accident while preparing the bombs. Unfortunately, he escaped arrest at that time.
Ramzi Yousef
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posted on
07/09/2005 6:57:02 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Allegra; Grampa Dave; Coop; Eurotwit
Of those arrested, 83 were immigrants and authorities issued 52 deportation orders, ANSA said.Wonder where they are going back to?
Definitely a good move ...
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
Mostly North Africa, probably
To: Joey Silvera
I think a giant Gitmo needs to be build in the Sahara!!!
To: Patriot from Philly; Grampa Dave
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
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posted on
07/09/2005 11:10:04 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
(The MSM has been a WMD, Weapon of Mass Disinformation for the Rats for at least 5 decades.)
To: Eurotwit
Go Italy! - Round up the enemy among us!
London, Washington take the example, before 'the religion of peace' attacks again.
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posted on
07/09/2005 10:07:23 PM PDT
by
M. Espinola
(Freedom is never free)
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