[NYer]

'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.

August 15 is a major event in the Catholic calendar - the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

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[Siobhan]

August 15th is the Solemnity of the Assumption.

[Siobhan]

The total destruction of the Vatican (and Rome by extension) has been the stuff of novels ("Lord of This World") and prophecies.

Pope Benedict XVI will always sue for peace -- part of the reason for his name choice, the work and legacy of Benedict XV.

I fully expect Muslims to nuke or fire-bomb/dirty-bomb the Vatican. You can call them terrorists, extremists, cultural misfits, but they will still be just Muslims doing what Muslims have longed for--putting to death the Vatican and the Eternal City.