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I lived in Rome for several years a stone's throw from where Aldo Moro was murdered in 1978. One of the most picturesque quarters of the Eternal City...

A somewhat related topic, and one that is NOT being addressed anywher that I know of, but the 2004 Olympics in Athens is shaping up to be a security disaster....NONEof the anti-terror countermeasures are being put in place..hey, it's GReece, after all, and look for a call later this year by several countries NOT to send their atheletes...and possibly moving the whole shebang back to Australia again..they already have the infrastructure in place..

The shootout Sunday began after two policemen on the train asked the couple for their identity documents. Under laws to combat the bombings, shootings and kidnappings of the 1970s and 1980s when terrorists from the extreme right and left of the political spectrum kept the country gripped in fear, police can stop citizens on the street or traveling to examine their identity papers.

Uh no. The AP is lying again in order to diminish left wing terror. Its was purely left-wingers who did the terrorism in the 70's and 80's in Italy (Greece and Germany as well). This is a lame attempt to say "both sides are guilty" when in fact botyh sides are not.

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LIOCE AND GALESI BELONG TO RED BRIGADES COMBAT UNITS
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (English Version), Italy - 1 hour ago
... in a joint meeting, Interior Minister Giuseppe Pisanu stressed that the Communist
Combat Units, to which Lioce and Galesi belong, were part of Red Brigades-PCC ...
Killing of policeman feeds dread of Red Brigades revival - The Age
Shooting sparks Red Brigades fear - CNN Europe
Italian policeman killed in train shootout with suspected Red ... - Penn Live
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RED BRIGADES: POLICEMAN BRUNO FORTUNATO STABLE IN HOSPITAL
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (English Version), Italy - 2 hours ago
(AGI) - Arezzo, Italy, March 3 - Policeman Bruno Fortunato, 45, from
Terontola, is said to be stable. Fortunato was wounded by a ...

Italy scrambles to determine the target of suspected terrorists ...
San Francisco Chronicle, CA - 12 minutes ago
Italian anti-terrorism experts scrambled Monday to determine the possible target
of two suspected Red Brigades fugitives involved in a deadly shootout with ...

Investigators in Italy investigate shootout involving suspected ...
WPMI, AL - 18 minutes ago
... Rome-AP -- Anti-terrorism experts in Italy are trying to determine the possible target
of two Red Brigades members involved in a shootout on a train yesterday. ...
Italian policeman killed in train shootout with suspected ... - WPMI

World / Nation Briefs
Newsday - 6 hours ago
A wanted Red Brigades terrorist whose false identity papers were being checked
by police on a train started shooting yesterday, killing one officer and ...

Investigators in Italy investigate shootout involving suspected ...
WAVY-TV, VA - 15 minutes ago
Rome-AP -- Anti-terrorism experts in Italy are trying to determine the possible target
of two Red Brigades members involved in a shootout on a train yesterday. ...

COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER GASPARRI CALLS FOR UNITED FIGHT
Agenzia Giornalistica Italia (English Version), Italy - 2 hours ago
... Gasparri had been asked his opinion regarding concern over new Red Brigades
after the murder of a railway police officer on the Rome-Milan rail line. ...

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Red Brigades (BR)
Terrorism Resources. Red Brigades (BR). From: Patterns of Global Terrorism.
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Red Brigades (BR)
Red Brigades (BR). Brigate Rosse. ... An ultra-leftist group, the Red Brigades,
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The Red Brigades:
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ATS-L Archives: Red Brigades: A Brief History And Introduction
Red Brigades: A Brief History And Introduction. ... The Red Brigades are not an
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Red Brigades - Wikipedia
Red Brigades. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Red Brigades (Brigate
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The Dozier Kidnapping: Confronting the Red Brigades
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TIME.com: Return of the Red Brigades -- May. 31, 1999
... E U R O P E Return of the Red Brigades A brutal political killing in Rome points
to the resurgence of a feared leftist terrorist organization By THOMAS SANCTON. ...
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tiny video camera tucked into a cigarette pack, floppy disks, a road map of central Italy, notebook pages with names and phone numbers and a palm-held computer

A Palm computer, combined with a Magellan, makes a very useful locating device. One of my sons has this setup to map animal tracks in the woods. It's essentially a SatNav system which can include detailed maps of the area in question, enabling you to locate yourself exactly on the map.