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| Italians held over alleged plot to kill Afghan governor |
| 2010-04-11 |
| Snip, duplicate. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #5 from Tipper's (thx!) link: The hospital has a reputation for treating Taleban wounded. The policy has made the Italian charity Emergency, which runs the hospital, unpopular with local officials “All nine people detained have confessed,” the governor’s spokesman, Daoud Ahmadi, said. “They were accused of links with al-Qaeda and terrorists. During the raid we found explosives, including hand grenades, suicide vests and some weapons, concealed in medicine boxes. “These explosives were smuggled into Helmand disguised as medical supplies. They have accepted their crime. They have confessed. They said there was a plan to carry out suicide attacks on crowded bazaars, the governor’s compound, and they wanted to kill the governor.” Gulab Mangal, the Governor – who enjoys a relatively good relationship with the British headquarters in Lashkar Gah – told reporters he was "the No 1 target” of the plot. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-04-11 18:15 |
| #4 Update: Italians 'confess' to murder plot in Afghanistan |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-04-11 17:33 |
| #3 Thank you Willy, ed. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-04-11 10:26 |
| #2 Italy has plenty of home grown communists who are willing to carry islamist water, or bombs for that matter. "Asians" need not apply. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-04-11 10:17 |
| #1 The 3 Italians are: Matteo Dell'Aira, coordinator (of the hospital) Marco Garatti, doctor Matteo Pagani, logistic |
| Posted by: Willy 2010-04-11 10:09 |