The Italian security authorities have arrested an Iraqi immigrant while trying to leave the country on suspecion of affilitaion with the outlawd al-Qaeda organization and masterminding terrorist operations in Iraq by using light tourist jets. Carabinieri Military Police said in a statement that a special unit has arrested the Iraqi immigrant, a merchant in his thirties, who is staying in Padova, at Marco Polo airport prior to to his borading an airplane en route to Damascus via Bucharest.| "Im just a simple merchant, trying to make ends meet in a down economy. Get yer unclean paws off me, infidel." |
The statement pointed out that the immigrant was detained on suspecion of affiliation with the al-Qaeda, a network affiliated with international terrorism. |