Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Two terrorism suspects arrested in Italy

Italian police arrest two Moroccans suspected of planning terrorist attacks in Italy. Who could these two Moroccans be? Buddhists, Hindus, Christian, Jewish, hippie? Certainly not from the religion of peace, islam [sarcasm]. International Herald Tribune

Italian police arrested on Tuesday two Moroccans suspected of plotting attacks against civilian and military targets on the outskirts of Milan, police and judicial sources said.

The sources, who declined to be named ahead of an official announcement, said possible targets ranged from immigration offices and police barracks to a supermarket parking lot and a cafe.

The men, who were monitored through eavesdropping devices during the police investigation, had downloaded bomb-making information from the Internet. The sources did not say how close the men may have been to carrying out an actual attack.[...]

Investigators were also carrying out checks into contacts of the Moroccans, who attended an Islamic cultural centre in the town of Macherio.
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