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| Terror suspects arrested near Rome |
| 2002-10-05 |
| Italian police have arrested three Egyptians suspected of planning attacks on the US War Cemetery in Anzio, Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport and fast food outlets. Explosive material and maps highlighting the Nettuno American Cemetery and Memorial were found in the flat of one of the three detained, a police official told Italian radio. "We have seized some TNT and a gun, this is the only factual evidence," said Captain Florimondo Forleo. The cemetary at Anzio? I've rethought my opposition to stoning... The Egyptians, aged 30 to 45, were arrested on Friday but have not been formally charged. Police said they had been living in Italy and had legal working papers. One of the suspects was reportedly intercepted while on board a fishing boat. The others were arrested in a flat in Anzio, which is 52 kilometres (35 miles) down the coast from Rome. Italian media quoted the men as denying the allegations, one saying they had used the explosives for fishing. And the gun was for hunting elk... At least two of the suspects were fishermen. Mr Forleo did not rule out the possibility that the three suspects had intended to use the explosives to catch fish. Except that they didn't catch 'em because of the dynamite, they found the dynamite after they caught 'em... He also revealed that the arrests were made as part of a monitoring operation against foreigners. Oh, horrors! Not... profiling? Say it ain't so! |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |