Ignazio La Russa

Italy: Libyan barracks bomber 'targeted' Berlusconi and other politicians

Islamization Watch (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009

The Libyan-Italian barracks bomber with the little bomb - had bigger plans! Rome, 13 Nov. ( AKI ) - The Libyan man who partly detonated his explosives at an army barracks in the Italian city of Milan in October, apparently had a dossier containing information on Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and other politicians, Italian media reports said on Friday. According to joint investigations by...

Wig can't shield top mobster from capture by Italian cops

Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009

ROME - Italy hailed the capture yesterday of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa's...

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Italian defense minister announces troop withdrawal after Afghan elections

People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/10/2009

Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said on Tuesday that at least 400 Italian soldiers sent as reinforcements for the Afghan presidential election would return to Italy by Christmas. Around 500 extra Italian soldiers were deployed to Afghanistan ahead of the presidential election on Aug. 20. There are around 3,000 Italian troops serving in Afghanistan, mostly in the west of the country. La Russa...

Italy denies paying off Taliban fighters

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009

Failure by Italy to disclose details of Afghanistan strategy alleged to have inadvertently caused deadly attack on French army The French government came under pressure today to investigate allegations that a failure by Italy to disclose the full nature of the Italian strategy in Afghanistan inadvertently led to one of the deadliest attacks on France's army in decades. Reports that Italian intelligence...

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Sarà fatta giustizia

The Bureau Of Sabotage (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

Break out the prosecco spumante and toast the judges of the Corte Costituzionale della Repubblica Italiana today, though keep the champagne on ice for now until Silvio Berlusconi finally has his penthouse suite in the most overcrowded prison system in Western Europe booked for him. Now *that* will be a great day for democracy, as well as an object lesson in what happens when politics meets populist...

Silvio Berlusconi's troubles: Justice can be ever so inconvenient

The Economist (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009

The constitutional court rules against the prime minister again SO IT did not work. On October 7th Italy’s constitutional court threw out Silvio Berlusconi’s latest wheeze for putting himself above the law. The judges voted by nine to six that an immunity law passed last year was unconstitutional. It would have shielded from prosecution not only the prime minister, but also the president...

Out of court

The Economist (Free subscription) | 07/10/2009

Italy's constitutional court rules against Silvio Berlusconi, yet again SO IT did not work. On Wednesday October 7th Italy’s constitutional court threw out Silvio Berlusconi’s latest wheeze for putting himself above the law. The judges voted by a majority that an immunity law passed last year was unconstitutional. It would have shielded from prosecution not only the prime minister, but...

Car bomb in Kabul kills 6 Italians, 10 Afghans

Helmand Blog - Afghanistan (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009

(AP Photo/Manish Swarup) A suicide car bomber killed six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians Thursday in the heavily guarded capital of Kabul — a grim reminder of the Taliban's reach amid political uncertainty in Afghanistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the deadliest attack for the Italian contingent in the country. The bomber rammed his explosives-filled car into two Italian...

At Least 16 Killed in Car Bomb in Afghan Capital

Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 18/09/2009

KABUL — A homicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Afghanistan's capital Thursday, killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians, officials said. The homicide bomber rammed his explosives-filled car into two Italian military vehicles about midday, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said in Rome. He said six of those aboard were killed and four wounded....

A Car Bomb in Kabul Kills 6 Italian Troops

US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009

KABUL, Afghanistan — A car bomb killed at least 10 Afghan civilians and six Italian paratroopers on Thursday a few hundred yards from an American military base and the entrance to the American Embassy, officials said. At least 52 Afghans were also wounded, including small children and women. The Italian defense minister, Ignazio La Russa, said that [...]

16 dead in bombing of Afghan Nato vehicles

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009

Afghan official says six Italian soldiers were killed alongside at least 10 Afghan civilians in Kabul attack A suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Afghanistan's capital today, killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians, officials said. The suicide bomber rammed his explosives-filled car into two Italian military vehicles about midday, Italy's defence minister,...

Afghan Bomb Blast: 6 Italian Soldiers And 10 Afghan Civilians Killed

The Seferm Post (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009

Afghanistan - A suicide car bomber attacked an Italian military convoy on a road in Afghanistan's capital Thursday, killing six Italian soldiers and 10 Afghan civilians, officials said. The suicide bomber rammed his explosives-filled car into two Italian military vehicles about midday, Italian Defense Minister Ignazio La Russa said in Rome. He said six of those aboard were killed and four wounded.

Six Italian soldiers killed in bombing

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 17/09/2009

SIX Italian soldiers were killed and another three wounded in a suicide bomb attack on Thursday in the Afghan capital Kabul, Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa said.

Former Axis Nations Abandon Post-World War II Military Restrictions

s o s (Free subscription) | 13/08/2009

Italy, Germany and Japan: Former World War II Axis Nations Repudiate Bans against "Preparing for War" by Rick Rozoff A press report on August 10 revealed that the government of Italy is planning to modify if not dispense with its post-World War II constitutional limitations on conducting offensive military operations; that is, to reverse a 61-year ban on waging war. The news story, reminding...

Berlusconi Reaffirms Troops

Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 28/07/2009

In a follow up to a story I posted yesterday , PM Silvio Berlusconi has re-affirmed the Italian government's commitment to the effort against Islamo-Fascism in Europe: Rome, 28 July ( AKI ) - Italy's 3,250 troops will remain in Afghanistan, prime minister Silvio Berlusconi stated on Tuesday. "There is no change of policy," he told journalists in Rome, reaffirming earlier statements made by...