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| Bombs found near Berlusconi's villa after Blair visit |
| 2004-08-18 |
| 2004-08-18 23:01:31 ROME, Aug. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Two bombs were found near Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's villa on the island of Sardinia early Wednesday, hours after a visit by British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Italian news agency ANSA said a caller claiming to be from the Proletarian Nuclei for Communism (NPC), a radical group active on the island, phoned a warning to the Sardinian newspaper L'Unione Sarda late Tuesday saying the organization had planted two bombs. The first bomb found by police was programmed to explode and a second device was later discovered, said ANSA. Berlusconi's office said the prime minister is "calm" and is being briefed on investigations. Blair left Sardinia on Tuesday after a two-day visit to Berlusconi's villa. I guess it just got personal, eh Tony? |
| Posted by:Zenster |
| #4 Speaking of bombs... http://www.geocities.com/bptc_alert/ |
| Posted by: Anonymous6108 2004-08-18 11:53:10 PM |
| #3 BigEd, this was posted earlier by Lux. Here's a link to the Reuters feed. Fear not, I agree. Xinhua has all the reliability of an Iranian mullah's promise. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-08-18 8:35:59 PM |
| #2 It just me or is it odd that a Chinese news agency is reporting this? I don't doubt the veracity of this, only it is odd that the Chinese are the only ones that have it (via Google search). Can somebody prove me wrong? An independent source, either Europeran or American? |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-08-18 6:02:29 PM |
| #1 What kind of terrorrists don't blow up the bomb? Will they asassinate him with a paintball gun for an encore? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-08-18 5:12:00 PM |