久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

Italy says won't be intimidated by militant threats
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-08-16 08:53

Italy will not be intimidated by threats from Muslim militants but cannot dismiss the possibility of an eventual attack, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu said on Sunday, after a group claiming al Qaeda links vowed to strike.

The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades called on its fighters to hit "all targets" in Italy after its Aug. 15 deadline for Italian troops to quit Iraq was ignored.

Another Islamist group threatened to attack Italy and the Netherlands if they do not withdraw troops from Iraq, according to an Internet statement posted on Sunday.

The threat from a group calling itself Islamic Tawhid was posted as the deadline set by Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades expired. It was not possible to verify the authenticity of the latest statement.

The Netherlands has 1,300 troops in Iraq.

Pisanu told reporters militants were using the media to hype their threats and played down reports that a van packed with explosives might have crossed into Italy from France.

"We are not underestimating (the threats) but we are not going to let ourselves be frightened and we will continue with the heightened security measures we have put in place," he said.

The Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades has repeatedly threatened to hit Italy if it kept troops in Iraq and on Sunday said it would now put words into action.

"Today we have declared the start of a bloody war and, by the will of God, the ground will shake beneath the feet of each and every Italian," said a statement posted on the Internet.

U.S. officials say the group's links to al Qaeda are unclear and some security analysts have questioned its credentials.

The same group last year said it was responsible for a blackout on the East Coast of the United States that was later shown to have been caused by technical problems.

However, Rome is worried that militants possibly based in Italy might act on the Internet messages and officials say security has been tightened across the country this holiday weekend.

"We do not rule out the risk that dormant or partially active terrorist groups, or even individuals might suddenly mobilize themselves and strike directly against the national territory, even without direct input from abroad," Pisanu said.

Corriere della Sera newspaper reported on Sunday that police had launched a nationwide hunt for a white Ford transit van that crossed the French-Italian border on early on Saturday morning, amid fears that it might be packed with explosives.

The paper said a stretch of the Milan-Turin motorway in northern Italy was closed for more than an hour on Saturday evening after a sighting that turned out to be a false alarm.

Pisanu said the van was just one of a number of potential leads the security services were evaluating. "There is nothing particularly alarming," he added.

"By now, we know that nowhere in the world can be considered safe, but we will not let ourselves be overcome by fear."

Nineteen Italians were killed in Iraq last year when a suicide bomber attacked a paramilitary police base in the southern city of Nassiriya.



 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

Chinese Olympians cautioned of over-confidence

 

   
 

Taipei spy built network in USA

 

   
 

China 'regrets' Japanese shrine visit

 

   
 

Zhejiang mudslide kills at least 25

 

   
 

College admission scandal revealed

 

   
 

Growing energy demand nagging nation

 

   
  Italy says won't be intimidated by militant threats
   
  Florida cleans up after Charley kills 16
   
  Venezuela to vote in historic poll on Chavez rule
   
  Qaeda-linked group says will strike Italy
   
  Bush plans to cut forces in Europe, Asia
   
  School kids among 15 killed in India blast
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  American "democracy" under the microscope...  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 中国做爰国产精品视频 | 久久视频免费 | 在线播放亚洲视频 | 国产伦精品一区二区三区免费 | 精品成人一区二区三区免费视频 | 欧美日韩一区二区在线视频 | 免费女人18毛片a级毛片视频 | 一级毛片在线不卡直接观看 | 欧美一级www片免费观看 | 亚洲天堂网站在线 | 九九99re在线视频精品免费 | 成人免费视频软件网站 | 久草在线中文最新视频 | 免费人成黄页在线观看视频国产 | 亚洲日本精品 | 久久久久久久久久久观看 | 成人午夜天| 欧美一级乱理片免费观看 | 韩国三级大全久久网站 | 亚洲成人在线免费视频 | 成人a视频片在线观看免费 成人a视频在线观看 | 欧美精品v日韩精品v国产精品 | 三级视频在线播放 | 日本一区二区三区免费视频 | 久草在线国产 | 国产欧美久久久另类精品 | 最新精品亚洲成a人在线观看 | 国产精品日韩欧美一区二区三区 | 国产真人毛片一级视频 | 黄色美女网站视频 | 中文精品视频一区二区在线观看 | 国产主播大尺度精品福利 | 国产精品欧美亚洲韩国日本 | 国产三级在线观看a | 东莞a级毛片 | 精品无码一区在线观看 | 亚洲免费网 | 一级毛片一级毛片一级毛片 | 黄色美女网站免费看 | 国产成a人片在线观看视频 国产成版人视频网站免费下 | 成人免费小视频 |