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Italy Raids Alleged Red Brigades Hideout
Italian police raided an alleged hideout of the radical leftist Red Brigades terrorist group Saturday, seizing a cache of explosives weeks after arresting nine people linked to the organization.
| "What he hell? These guys ain't got turbans!" |
Authorities believe the basement of a building near Romeâs Termini train station was used by group members already in custody, the ANSA news agency said. There were no arrests Saturday. Police found some 220 pounds of explosives along with detonators, computer disks and documents, including a flier claiming responsibility for a 2002 killing, ANSA said. Authorities briefly evacuated the building in central Rome until bomb-disposal experts verified the site was safe. The Red Brigades carried out most of their attacks in the 1970s and 1980s, but the claimed responsibility for the 1999 killing of government labor consultant Massimo DâAntona and the 2002 killing of another labor consultant, Marco Biagi.
Apparently they didnât get the news about communism falling, etc.
| I think it's turban envy, myself... |
In October, authorities arrested nine suspected group members during an investigation stemming from the earlier arrest of an alleged Red Brigade terrorist involved in a deadly shootout on a train.
I know the Italians are a liberal people, so letâs hope the giggle juice is being pumped liberally.
The original Red Brigades became one of the most notorious terror groups in 1978 when they kidnapped former Prime Minister Aldo Moro, holding him for two months before killing him. When the group claimed responsibility for killing Biagi, it released a manifesto calling for a class war and denouncing the "imperialist bourgeoisie."
Theyâve made a lot of progress, eh?
| Same old hooey. Rip van Winkel is their resident ideologue, I think... |
Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-21 |
