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| Activists break into Berlusconi's villa |
| 2005-03-19 |
| About 100 Sardinian separatists have broken into Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's luxury villa to protest against symbols of the Italian state on the Mediterranean island. The activists reached the villa's swimming pool on Saturday before being thrown out by police, said Gavino Sale, head of the Indipendentzia Repubrica Sardigna (IRS), movement. "Our gesture today has a largely political meaning. It is the affirmation of the sovereignty of Sardinians on their own land which is at stake for us," Sale said. Some Sardinians want independence from Italy which they accuse of smothering their culture and their widely spoken local language, Sardo. Berlusconi, Italy's richest man, has also come under fire from environmentalists for building a replica Greek amphitheatre at Villa Certosa, his mansion on the largely protected Sardinian coast. The moonbats at DU are salivating at the thought that Berlusconi will dump Dubya. |
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