Italian Police Arrest 28 Pakistanis, Find Explosives, Forged Documents, Maps

AP via ABC News ^ | 31 January 2003

[Mr. K]

Religion of Peace (tm) alert

[firewalk]

Bttt

[Kieri]

I hope all the countries that signed that WSJ letter supporting the US are on high alert. I wish them the best!

[alley cat]

Police also found hundreds of forged identity documents, hundreds of cell phones, an index of thousands of international telephone contacts and addresses

The latter ought to be particularly interesting.

[colorado tanker]

Isn't Naples the home port of the Sixth Fleet and HQ of NATO's Southern Command?

[VaBthang4]

Outstanding news.

[talleyman]

...officers "might have gotten ahead of themselves" in announcing an al-Qaida link in the headline of their news release.

Right. They could be peace activists.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

More IslamaFacism for the world. Good job by the Italian police...this could have been something real nasty.

RWK

[Michael.SF.]

Police said they picked up the 28 Pakistanis, aged 20-48, during a routine search in Naples on Thursday for illegal immigrants.

That bears repeating, just to make sure the dim lurkers understand:

DURING A ROUTINE SEARCH FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

Thank God this happened in Italy,which was recently described by leftist Columnist Robert Scheer as being one of a "motley collection of nations one can buy on Ebay"

I suppose Scheer likes to vacation in France.

[Semper Paratus]

Isn't Naples the home port of the Sixth Fleet and HQ of NATO's Southern Command?

Yes, my sister-in-law was considering a job offer for the fleet's day-care services.
I'm sending her this thread.

[ChadGore]

ROPMA

[Michael.SF.]

I hope all the countries that signed that WSJ letter supporting the US are on high alert. I wish them the best!

Just so we all know who are friends in Europe are, the 'Motley Crew of Eight' consist of:

England, Czech Republic, Denmark, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.

I also wish them no harm. But I fear it may take a deadly operation in Europe, to wake up some of the oh, so enlightened, Euro's.

[SauronOfMordor]

Isn't Naples the home port of the Sixth Fleet and HQ of NATO's Southern Command?

Yes. It would be expected to be a departure point for naval units heading for Iraq

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Good job Italia!

The best way to ensure peace is to kill the enemy.

[SauronOfMordor]

Naval Regional Contracting Center Naples (NRCC Naples)

Naval Regional Contracting Center Naples (NRCC Naples) is a Navy shore activity operating under the Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces Europe. NRCC Naples consists of a Headquarters unit and two separate detachments. The NRCC Naples Headquarters is located in Capodichino (Naples), Italy. The two detachments are NRCC Detachment London and NRCC Detachment Bahrain. The Bahrain detachment includes a satellite office in Dubai, UAE.

The mission of NRCC Naples is to provide fleet and base support for US Navy, Military Sealift and Coast Guard ships; US bases and facilities located in Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia; contingency operations; and continental US activities requiring supplies and services from Europe, Africa and Southwest Asia.

[colorado tanker]

Major busts of Al-Qaeda operations in London, Paris and now Naples. I'm grateful European LE is doing a great job, but it's obvious the bad guys are working furiously to pull off a major attack. Sooner or later they're bound to get through, I'm afraid.

[blackdog]

Permission to beat them with a Genoa Salami (pork nightstick), has been granted. Map out the sensitive target areas, circle them in marker, and swing away.......