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| Italy: Four More Arrested In Bust Against "New Red Brigades" Group |
| 2007-02-14 |
| Milan, 14 Feb. (AKI) - Police in Milan arrested another four people on Wednesday in an anti-terror operation which led to the detention of another 15 people in northern Italy Monday charged of belonging to a leftist newtork of the Red Brigades planning deadly attacks on targets including former conservative premier Silvio Berlusconi. The four arrested Wednesday, two women and a man, belonged to a left-wing activist group in Sesto San Giovani, a working class town near Milan. They are accused of subversive propaganda in support of the Red Brigades and are believed to be linked to the other suspects. The 15 were arrested Monday on charges of planning attacks against the Milan home of conservative opposition leader and media mogul Silvio Berlusconi, his Mediaset group, the Sky group, right-wing daily Libero, Italy's main oil company ENI and jurist Pietro Ichino, a government consultant on labour reform. Police believe ring members had been studying their targets for some time to prepare for the attacks and had been following potential victims including anti-terror magistrates. Italy has a long history of The current group is believed to be a splinter of the Red Brigades, whose criminal activities included the 1978 abduction and murder of Christian Democrat leader Aldo Moro. Members of the 'new Red Brigades' were found guilty of the murder of two leading jurists who served as government advisors on labour reform, Massimo D'Antona and Marco Biagi. In 2005, a court in Bologna handed out five life sentences to as many people found guilty of murdering Biagi in 2002. The terrorists have also been linked to the murder of D'Antona in 1999. Both jurists were working on labour market changes and Biagi drafted a reform, parts of which were turned into a law by the previous Berlusconi government. |
| Posted by:mrp |
| #2 If the Red gang makes Berlusconi's wife mad, it could be real hell to pay. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2007-02-14 22:01 |
| #1 by students who carried out an armed struggle against the capitalist state. What a clearly neutral position the reporter has on the subject, to be sure. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-02-14 13:29 |