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Al-Qaeda Sleeper Cell Planning To Attack The Vatican Uncovered And Neutralized In Italy

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Channel: Wrath0fKhan · 2015 · People & Blogs

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Italy: Suspects had contact with bin Laden network, discussed Vatican attack (CNN, Apr 25, 2015)
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/24/europe/italy-anti-terrorism-operation/index.html

"Italian authorities launched a "vast anti-terrorism operation" Friday, going after suspects associated with al Qaeda who allegedly had discussed a range of targets, including the Vatican.

Wiretaps and other intelligence revealed that the group -- some of whom had direct contact with Osama bin Laden's network -- planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as in Italy, according to Caligari Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura...."




Italian Terror Raid Busts Cell With Alleged Bin Laden Link (nbcnews, Apr 25, 2015)
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/italian-police-raid-islamist-terrorist-network-planning-attack-n347466

"Italian police busted an al Qaeda-inspired terror network with possible ties to Osama Bin Laden that planned an attack on the Vatican and financed terror operations in Pakistan, officials said Friday.

Counterterrorism officials said a vast operation had dismantled a "very well-structured terrorist network" composed of Pakistani and Afghan nationals that had been operating out of Italy's Mediterranean island of Sardinia since 2005.

"This was one of the most important operations we ever conducted," Mario Carta, the counter-terror police official leading the raids, told NBC News. "We are talking people with connections with al Qaeda at the highest level."

Two members of the cell were believed to have been close aides to Bin Laden and protected the terror leader in hiding, according to Carta, who said some of the suspects arrested also were believed to be involved in a 2009 bombing on a Peshawar market which killed more than 100 people.

He said that 18 arrest warrants had been issued across seven provinces for cell members, who were apparently tied to al Qaeda but also had links to the Taliban. Nine people have been arrested while two were still at large in Italy, he said, adding that seven of the warrants' targets were believed to be in Pakistan...."

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