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| Pakistani terror suspects held in Italy |
| 2003-01-31 |
| Twenty-eight Pakistani terrorism suspects have been arrested in the southern Italian city of Naples. Police said that the Pakistanis were found during a routine check on illegal immigrants on Thursday. They accused them of being part of a cell that was planning an attack. Sounds familiar.. The suspects were reported to have had explosives and maps, including one of the town of Bagnoli outside the city, which houses Nato's southern headquarters. So all these guys just leave explosives around their apartments for months on end until they are ready to make their attack? They wouldn't want to smoke Security sources say that the preliminary signs show these arrests are significant. Police made the arrests after breaking into an apartment in the old part of Naples city centre known to have a strong mafia presence. The mafia and the Jihadis have a lot in common, right down to praying right before trying to wack someone Inside, they found the Pakistanis living in a group of several apartments which had been knocked into one. Documents in Arabic found in the raid are being translated. |
| Posted by:Paul |
| #3 We know Paks are deeply involved in the international terror machine. Things like His Excellency, Mr Ambassador's, comments make me wonder how deeply involved Pak officialdom is. |
| Posted by: Fred 2003-01-31 19:13:07 |
| #2 From the AP Report (via CNN): "[Police found] 800 grams (28 ounces) of explosives, 230 feet of fuse and various electronic detonators crammed behind a false wall...Islamic religious texts, photos of 'jihad' (holy war) martyrs, piles of false documents..." Yup, genuine Islamicists "...maps of the Naples area, addresses of contacts around the world and more than 100 mobile telephones..." Makes it harder to trace if you use a different phone every time you call "A judicial source said the maps had various targets marked out on them including the headquarters of NATO's southern European command, the U.S. consulate in Naples and a U.S. naval base at Capodichino, just outside the port city." Either someone got tipped/suspicious, or VERY lucky. "Pakistan's ambassador to Italy, Zafar Hilali, denied the men were terrorists and said the arrests appeared to form part of a campaign of targeting innocent Pakistanis... 'According to my information none of (these men) had anything whatsoever to do with terrorism, none of them had anything like explosives,' he told Pakistan TV." They were just... just... FISHERMEN! That's it, that's why all the explosives, fishermen! Sure! |
| Posted by: Old Grouch 2003-01-31 17:52:33 |
| #1 I wonder about the mafia mention. Sure, they'd be glad to work with, and make money off these guys. But, as happened in WW II, they also are realists and know what side their bread is buttered on. I suggest that they may have provided the intel for this roundup. "Yes, Luigi, this is a list of all the foreigners we have sold guns to." |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-01-31 07:49:10 |