Anyone who hasn't learned that lesson from Al Qaeda's recent attacks in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and the Phillipines isn't going to learn it from an attack on the Vatican, either.
Some people simply insist upon living in ignorance.
Posted on 07/25/2005 1:42:50 PM PDT by gopwinsin04
The Abu Hafs Brigades who claimed responsibilty for the two London bombing attacks published a fresh warning Monday, July 25 on their internet web site.
'After London, it is now Rome's turn.' An earlier warning by the same group gave Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK and Italy until August 15 to pull their soliders out of Iraq.
The Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was warned that by failing to withdraw Italian coalition troops from Iraq, he would 'by his own hand turn Rome into a graveyard.'
The statement threatens the Italian capital with harsher and more painful strikes than the London attacks.
'As long as a single Italian soldier remains in Italy, you the prime minister can look forward to nothing but 'more and more blood.'
(Excerpt) Read more at debka.com ...
(They were flamingoes). But very funny.
I think you are correct. More likely Milan than Rome. Hopefully neither.
Call it "Tancredo Lite".
Anyone who hasn't learned that lesson from Al Qaeda's recent attacks in Egypt, Syria, Turkey, and the Phillipines isn't going to learn it from an attack on the Vatican, either.
Some people simply insist upon living in ignorance.
Go ahead and blow up the Vatican, and you'll find out what "jihad" really means.
I agree. For every threat, flatten one mosque.
No it isn't. The pope can cry out about the tradegy of the deaths in Britain, Turkey, Egypt, Iraq. But not a single word on the deaths of Jews. Don't you find that odd?
Didn't the Romans LOOT the Temple ???
Yes, they did.
And i'm not happy with the pope ignoring the attacks in Israel either.
where's the MOB when you really need them....
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Tony Montana in the house!
SGRENA: FORMIGONI, "GOVT DID WELL, ANY MEANS IS GOOD" (AGI) - Milan, March 10 - "The government did a good job, 'cause when it comes to saving a life, any means is justifiable, including paying a ransom". Thus said the regional governor of Lombardy, Roberto Formigoni, commenting on the government's efforts to free reporter Giuliana Sgrena. In spite of Foreign Minister Gianfranco Fini's statements yesterday during talk show 'Porta a porta' that no ransom was paid, Mr Formigoni said that "ransoms are only justifiable under exceptional circumstances. In any other case, alternative solutions should be pursued". (AGI) -
SGRENA: BIANCO, WAITING FOR ANSWERS ON POSSIBLE RANSOM
(AGI) - Rome, March 8 - The parliamentary committee controlling secret services and security services "has not yet received answers" by the government on the possible payment of a ransom for the liberation of Giuliana Sgrena, stated Enzo Bianco, committee president, at the microphones of "Radio anch'io". "The fact that Italy could have paid a ransom is a very delicate topic, talked and written about by media, but we are not sure that this really happened. Certainly in Italy the choice not to pay ransoms was a winning choice against the phenomenon of kidnapping for the purpose of extortion, particularly serious during the 70ies, but Baghdad is a completely different reality, Italy is united in undertaking any possible step to free possible hostages".
Forza Italia is an Italian political party. It is headed by Silvio Berlusconi who also is Prime Minister of Italy.
It was formed in 1993 by Berlusconi, a successful businessman. At the head of an alliance, the Casa delle Libertà it gained office in the 1994 elections, but lost power when the northern separatist Lega Nord left the coalition. It regained power in the 2001 elections, with the League's support.
A rough translation of its name is "Come on Italy!". From explanation Guide
Casa delle Libertà, or House of Freedoms in English, is an Italian right-wing party alliance, composed of Forza Italia, Alleanza Nazionale and Lega Nord (Northern League), led by Silvio Berlusconi.
The alliance won the 1994 elections, but the resulting government was short lived since the Northern League broke free and went to opposition.
After a 5-year left-wing government, Berlusconi managed to cool down the hotheads of the League, and won the elections again (2001), this time with a stable government. It sought to undermine the proportionality rules of the Italian Additional Member System of elections by running many of its constituency candidates under a decoy list called Abolizione Scorporo, a title which explicity stated its opposition to the counting rules; its tactic largely worked because it had more support than the left-wing Olive Tree (Ulivio) alliance.
In 2003 it was routed in local elections by the Olive Tree alliance, and the League has threatened to pull out of the House of Freedoms. "Berlusconi Ally Sentenced to 9 Yrs in Mafia Trial"
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=732&e=3&u=/nm/20041211/wl_nm/crime_italy_mafia_dc
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1299226/posts
"Berlusconi told to face up to US over shooting"
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/07/whost07.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/07/ixworld.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1357411/posts
Excerpt:
From within Mr Berlusconi's centre-Right coalition, Gianni Alemanno, the agriculture minister, spoke out, saying: "Italy must defend its honour.
"We may be trusted allies, but we cannot give the impression of being subordinate."
Bobo Craxi, an ally, and the son of the late premier Bettino Craxi, attacked Mr Berlusconi's "subordinacy" to the US.
He demanded that he stand up to Mr Bush, "even to the point of risking a break in relations", as his father had done to President Reagan in 1985, when he refused to hand over Palestinian terrorists to America.
Tony Montana in the house!
"I keel a communist for fun!"
"Say goodnight to the bad guy!"
Didn't stop them from attacking the US. And they've been attacking France, a Catholic country, for a couple decades with no ill effect. Noting happened when they attacked Spain.
I don't disagree with you, if no one else paid attention, Americans would, but you can't assume the Islamists see it that way. They're on a roll.
Until I verify each and every public comment [because we won't know about the private ones] the Pope makes about each and every terrorist act, I can't know for certain what he said or didn't say. There are so many other possibilities - he didn't read about it or wasn't told about it, made a statement and it didn't get publicized, it was publicized and you and Diane didn't read it [are you really sure and certain that you read every single public statement issued by the Vatican in the Pope's name?].
Whatever the Pope is, he is not anti-Semitic, but it certainly sounds as though you two are anti-Catholic.
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