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Re: [CT] [Eurasia] Italian Anarchist group claims letter bomb - German police
Released on 2012-10-19 08:00 GMT
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A. Dec 8, 2011: The Italian Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI;
website: http://federazioneanarchica.org/) claimed responsibility for a
letter bomb sent to Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann on Dec 7, according
to a Dec. 8 statement from the Hesse Criminal Investigations Office and
Frankfurt prosecutors, Reuters reported. German investigators obtained a
letter written in Italian from the group that discussed three attacks
targeting "banks, fleas and bloodsuckers," indicating that the FAI may
have sent two additional letter bombs, according to the statement.
o Police called the bomb a a**functional letter bomba** SOURCE
AS: It was an A-5 envelope
AS: Contained wires and metal parts, incendiary powder
19 Previous claimed or suspected attacks
A. April 1, 2011: FAI claims responsibility for a parcel bomb that
was intercepted at a maximum security prison in Athens (SOURCE)
o The bomb contained a proclamation by the FAI that expressed solidarity
with suspected anarchists held in Greek, Swiss, Chilean, and German
A. January 4, 2011: FAI threatened in a letter sent to Adnkronos news
agency in Rome that they will make a strike against "symbols of the
state," according to La Stampa. The package sent to the news agency not
only included the letter but a bullet as well, saying that FAI considers
that it is acting out of civic continuity and out of solidarity with Greek
anarchists Gerasimos Tsakalos and Panagiotis Argirou, who were "unjustly
arrested by global capitalism" SOURCE
A. 12/29/2010: Two small IEDs detonate outside of the Northern League
political party HQ in Lombardy, Varese, Italy a** the building and some
furniture were damaged but there were no casualties reported. FIA is
suspected for the attack. SOURCE
A. 12/27/2010: The Venezuelan embassy in Rome, Lazio, Italy, recieves
a hoax letter bomb a** FAI claims responsibility. SOURCE
A. 12/27/2010: Police find an IED at the Greek Embassy in Rome,
Lazio, Italy, placed inside a large padded yellow envelope with a CD case
inside rigged to explode when opened The package was addressed to the
Greece-Italy cultural association, reportedly arrived at the Embassy on
Dec 25 but was not opened until the 27th. FAI claims responsibility.
A. 12/23/2010: Two parcel bombs go off a** one in Swiss and one in
Chilean embassies in Rome (Lazio) SOURCE, SOURCE
o The first bomb detonated around noon after Swiss Embassy clerk opened
the box around noon after the clerk opened the box, suffering injuries to
his chest and arm, but not life-threatening
o Approximately three hours later (3PM local time), a second bomb
detonated at the Chilean embassy, injuring a Chilean official opened the
box a** the clerk sustained serious injuries to head, chest, face and eye
o A message found in a box close to one of the injured said a**Long live
FAI, long live anarchya**
AS: Italian police connected the explosions to the Nov 2010 Greek mail
bombs that were sent to various embassies, as well as to French President
Nicola Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister
Silvio Berlusconi -- 14 in total
AS: Two of the 14 packages exploded, however no one was injured
AS: The attacks were claimed by the a**Fire Cells Conspiracya**, an
affiliate of FAI
A. 03/27/2010: In Milan, Italy, a letter bomb containing threats
towards Interior Minister Roberto Maroni explodes at a post office,
injuring a postal worker a** damage to property is unknown. The Sisters in
Arms - Mauricio Morales Nucleus group claimed responsibility, although FAI
is widely believed to be responsible. SOURCE
A. 12/16/2009: At about 0300, in Milan, Lombardy, Italy, an IED
explodes at the Bocconi University, causing no damage or injuries a** FAI
claims responsibility. SOURCE
A. 12/15/2009: In the evening in Gorizia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
Italy, a letter bomb explodes inside a government office, damaging the
facility but causing no injuries a** FAI claims responsibility. SOURCE
A. 07/07/2006: The mayor of Turin, Italy receives a parcel bomb which
police diffuse with no casualties. FAI claims responsibility. SOURCE
A. 07/06/2006: FAI sends a letter bomb to a construction company in
Turin, Italy, which is detonated by law enforcement with no casualties.
A. 07/04/2006: A letter bomb detonates at Torino Cronaca (Turin News)
in Turin, Italy. The Editor-in-Chief of the paper is injured after opening
the letter a** FAI claims responsibility. SOURCE
A. 05/24/2005: A letter bomb is delivered to a police station in
Turin, Italy, and injures a policewoman. FAI claims responsibility.
A. 03/01/2005: Two bombs detonate near a Genoa, Italy police barracks
a** no one is injured but the barracks suffer minor damage. FAI claims
responsibility for the two blasts along with two Milan IED detonations.
Italian law enforcement asserts that the bombs were made of pressure
cookers filled with chlorate and attached to 12-volt batteries. SOURCE
A. 03/01/2005: Two small IEDs placed in trash cans near Carabinieri
barracks in Milan, Italy, detonate within 30 minutes of each other -- no
one is injured. FAI claims responsibility the same day. SOURCE
A. 12/30/2003: FAI sends a letter bomb addressed to the headquarters
of the Eurojust a** the bomb does not detonate a** no injuries SOURCE
A. 12/29/2003: FAI sends a letter bomb addressed to the offices of
European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt, Germany, Jean-Claude Trichet.
The letter had a stamp of origin from Bologna, was discovered in the ECB
mail room at noon when employees noticed "appliances" in the letter,
which, according to the police, "justified the suspicion that it contained
an explosive or arson device." SOURCE, SOURCE
A. 12/28/2003: The anarchist group called Informal Anarchic
Federation (FAI) sent a letter bomb addressed to the headquarters of the
European police organization (Europol), office of the director Jurgen
Storbeck. The bomb, was the size and shape of a book, and was defused by
Dutch military experts, injuring no one. SOURCE
A. 12/27/2003: European Union Commission President Romano Prodi opens
a letter bomb send by FAI, which catches fire after opening SOURCE,
o The parcel bomb was planted inside a book and burst into flames when
Prodi opened it
o Was sent less than a week after home-made bombs went off in rubbish
bins in the street near his apartment, also without hurting anyone
o Pages of the book were wrapped in yellow paper / was addressed to his
wife a** they were cut to insert explosive powder
o Prodi said: "I kept it fairly far away. There was a big flame but
without an explosion. It burned a piece of furniture and the carpet a
bit," he said.
AS: The book used was The Pleasure by Gabriele D'Annunzio, a famous early
supporter of Fascism before his death in 1938
Organizational Structure and Affiliations
Informal Anarchist Federation
Informal Anarchist Federation / Federazione Anarchie Informale (FAI)
Mothertongue Name: Federazione Anarchia Informale (FAI) Aliases:
Unofficial Anarchist Federation Bases of Operation: Italy Date Formed:
December 21, 2003 Strength: Unknown number of members Classifications:
Anarchist Financial Sources: Unknown Founding Philosophy: The Informal
Anarchist Federation (Federazione Anarchia Informale -- FAI) has been
described by Italian intelligence sources as a "horizontal" structure of
various anarchist terrorist groups, united in their beliefs in
revolutionary armed action. These groups oppose both the current European
order and Marxism, which they see as solely a replacement of one form of
oppressive authority with another. Groups comprising the FAI act both as
separate organizations and also under the auspices of the FAI as a whole,
and are known to format group campaigns.
The groups comprising the Informal Anarchist Federation are the "July 20th
Brigade," the "Five C's," "International Solidarity," and the "Cooperative
of Hand-Made Fire & Related Items." Each of these groups has also forged
its own set of alliances outside of the FAI. Collaboration between these
anarchist groups and more established Marxist groups, essentially in
opposition to the principles of the FAI, have been a subject of debate in
both anarchist circles and within the Italian security community. These
claims have been bolstered recently with claims of solidarity between the
FAI and the newest incarnations of the Red Brigades.
Current Goals: The FAI and its constituent groups remain active and
present a threat to public safety in Italy and across Europe.
AA: **This happened on Saturday--possibly related to the Deutschebank
device yesterday?
Italy: Incendiary attack on UniCredit Bank in Ravenna
Posted by Rj a** December 6, 2011 a** Leave a Comment
Gabriella Segata Antolini
we receive and publish:
from the press, 12/15/2011:
Fire in the night on the entrance of a Unicredit bank, in Ravenna: unknown
people used a home-made incendiary device composed of a plastic box and a
nylon bag filled with inflammable material. The action was carried out on
saturday night around 2:15 a.m: it could be a demonstrative gesture, seen
the dynamics of the fact. It was a police patrol car, driving in the area,
to discover the fire: the cops extinguished it promptly with the ordinary
fire extinguisher they hold. The political police is investigating the
Deutsche Bank's Ackermann Letter Bomb Sent by Anarchist Group
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- An anarchist group claimed responsibility for a
letter bomb sent to Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef
Ackermann and may have addressed two more explosive packages to other
Investigators found a letter in Italian by a group that calls itself
Federazione Anarchica Informale, Italian for a**informal anarchistic
federation.a** The FAI has claimed responsibility for several attacks in
recent years, including a 2003 letter bomb sent to the European Central
Bank, state police and Frankfurt prosecutors said in a joint statement.
a**The authors speak of three explosions against a**banks, bankers, ticks
and blood-suckers,'a** police said in the statement. a**It has to be
assumed that another two letter bombs may have been sent.a**
Ackermann, who will step down as CEO of Germany's biggest lender in May,
has led Deutsche Bank since 2002. Former Deutsche Bank CEO Alfred
Herrhausen was killed by the left-wing terrorist organization Red Army
Faction in 1989.
Police said earlier today that a a**functional letter bomba** was
intercepted at the German lender's headquarters in Frankfurt yesterday.
The package contained an explosive device. Frankfurt prosecutors are
The explosive was a a**very dangerous bomb,a** Siegfried Wilhelm, a
spokesman for the Hesse state bureau of investigation said in an interview
earlier today. Deutsche Bank said yesterday a a**suspicious packagea** was
discovered in the bank's offices.
a**Deutsche Bank is very concerned about this violent attack on our chief
executive officer,a** bank spokesman Klaus Thoma said in an interview
New York Police
The New York Police Department increased patrols at Deutsche Bank
locations there and alerted an umbrella security group for companies and
financial institutions following the Frankfurt incident.
Paul Browne, an NYPD spokesman, said in an interview that it advised
Shield, a security program for private institutions, to be a**extra
carefula** of similar packages in the mail.
Banks have drawn public anger as demonstrators from Wall Street to London,
Frankfurt and Rome have taken to the streets to voice their outrage over
lender bailouts. Protesters aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement
have camped out close to Deutsche Bank's headquarters in Frankfurt since
Wall Street Firms
An executive at one of the largest U.S. banks said authorities had asked
Wall Street firms to put their mailrooms on alert. Banks receive death
threats and warnings about letter bombs and toxins such as anthrax almost
every week, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity because
the firm doesn't want to attract additional threats.
a**The FBI's Joint Terrorist Task Force is working with German authorities
to assess the incident in Frankfurt and any potential threat to facilities
or people here,a** said James Margolin, a spokesman for the Federal Bureau
of Investigation in New York. a**There is no specific threat to New York
associated with the incident at this time.a**
The task force is an agency that includes New York police and FBI agents,
as well as other law enforcement groups.
--With assistance from Tiffany Kary, Patricia Hurtado and Dawn Kopecki in
New York. Editors: Peter Chapman, Anthony Aarons
Greece: FAI Takes Responsibility For Bomb
April 1, 2011 | 1331 GMT
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The Italian Informal Anarchist Federation (FAI) group has claimed
responsibility for a parcel bomb that was intercepted at a maximum
security prison in Athens, Greek police said April 1, AP reported. Police
say the bomb contained a proclamation by the FAI that expressed solidarity
with suspected anarchists held in Greek, Swiss, Chilean, and German
Italy: Anarchists take responsibility for attacks against embassies
24. December 2010. | 12:49
Source: Tanjug, ANSAmed
Police and the Italian officials connect these explosions with last
montha**s incidents in Greece, when the anarchists sent 14 bomb-packages
to embassies in Athens, as well as to French President Nicola Sarkozy,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Unofficial Anarchist Federation (FAI) took responsibility for the attacks
against Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, in which two embassy workers
were injured, Italian news agency ANSA reports.
An anarchistsa** message, found in a box close to one of the injured
embassy clerks, read a**Long live FAI, long live anarchya**.
Antiterrorist Police Unit, which investigated the message, did not wish to
comment the Italian agencya**s allegations, AP reports.
Italian Minister of Interior Roberto Maroni said Thursday that the
anarchists are most probably behind the explosion in Rome and that a
number of elements in the investigation points to that.
The first bomb exploded on Thursday around noon in the Swiss Embassy, and
the clerk who opened the box sustained injuries on his chest and arm, but
his life is not endangered.
Three hours later, a package with a bomb went off in the Embassy of Chile,
where one of the employees sustained heavy injuries on his head and chest,
and he is at risk of losing an eye.
Police and the Italian officials connect these explosions with last
montha**s incidents in Greece, when the anarchists sent 14 bomb-packages
to embassies in Athens, as well as to French President Nicola Sarkozy,
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Two packages exploded, but nobody was injured. Responsibility for these
attacks was taken by the group called a**Fire cells conspiracya**.
Published on STRATFOR (http://www.stratfor.com)
Home > Anarchist Actions Ahead of a Trial in Greece
Anarchist Actions Ahead of a Trial in Greece
Created Jan 10 2011 - 08:14
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A protester covers his face as he walks past an anarchist flag during a
demonstration in Athens in 2010
Authorities in Athens are preparing for a trial set to begin Jan. 17 that
will decide the fate of 13 people charged with belonging to an anarchist
group that has been active in Greece for the past three years. Their
detention has produced an outpouring of support from fellow anarchists
that has led to an escalation in rhetoric, attacks and cooperation among
anarchist groups across national borders. As the trial draws near, we
expect to see more anarchist bombings, shootings and arson attacks in
Athens and elsewhere across the rest of the world.
Over the past year, 13 individuals were arrested in Athens and charged
with belonging to the Greek anarchist group Conspiracy of Fire Cells,
which has been around since 2003 but particularly active throughout Greece
since 2008. In the run-up to their trial, scheduled to begin Jan. 17,
Europe has seen a flurry of seemingly connected anarchist attacks, all in
the name of some or all of the 13 Greek anarchists headed to court. As the
trial draws near a** and during the trial itself a** violence in Athens
and elsewhere will likely escalate as anarchist groups try to undermine
security and exhaust public support for the proceedings.
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Recent Anarchist Activity
On Dec. 23, anarchists in Italy mailed two improvised explosive devices
(IEDs) a** packed with shrapnel a** to several embassies in Rome, leading
to injuries in the Swiss and Chilean embassy mailrooms. Several more
identical devices were intercepted at the Danish, Monacan and Greek
embassies on Dec. 27. At 2 a.m. the morning of Dec. 30, assailants tossed
a small incendiary device (likely a Molotov cocktail) at the Greek Embassy
in Buenos Aires, injuring no one and causing minor damage to the
embassya**s facade. An hour later, an IED placed on a motor scooter
detonated outside an Athens courthouse, blowing out windows and turning
over nearby vehicles. No one was injured in the Athens attack because a
warning call was made 40 minutes before the blast, giving authorities time
to clear the area.
By Jan. 6, anarchists in Greece and Italy had claimed all three attacks.
An Italian group calling itself the a**Federation of Informal Anarchists
(FAI)-Revolutionary Cell Lambros Fountasa** (named after a suspected
anarchist killed by police in Athens earlier in 2010) claimed
responsibility for the Dec. 23 and Dec. 27 attacks in Rome, stating
specifically that it a**was sending this new attack to a structure that
represents the Greek state and its servants, in solidarity with our
comrades arrested in Athens.a** Two other anonymous claims of
responsibility, posted to the anarchist website nostate.net, took credit
for the nearly simultaneous attacks on the Athens courthouse and Greek
Embassy in Buenos Aires, both dedicating their separate attacks to those
facing trial on Jan. 17. Finally, a letter from the FAI-Mauricio Morales
cell in Chile endorsed the attacks against the Chilean and Swiss embassies
in Rome and stated, a**any civil servant of a diplomatic institution a*|
is a potential target of attack.a**
To understand how transnational anarchist networks work, it is important
to remember that group names are somewhat irrelevant. Anarchists around
the world operate under a number of different monikers, mainly to confuse
the authorities and to inflate the perceived size of their movements.
Anarchists do not operate within defined and established groups but
instead lead a more transient lifestyle, which may bring them into contact
with various allies throughout the world. It is also important to note
that most attacks carried out by anarchist groups are very rudimentary and
cheap (typically consisting of Molotov cocktails or readily available
cooking gas canisters rigged as explosives) and require very few resources
and collaborators. For example, the November 17 group, whose legacy has
been continued by the modern Greek anarchist movement, consisted of about
a dozen core members who were able to conduct assassinations and bombings
against high-level Greek and other Western diplomatic officials for almost
three decades. In the militant anarchist world, smaller operational units
mean a lower chance of being found out.
The anarchist ideology calls for the destruction of capital and state
institutions. The implementation of this ideology can be seen in the
anarchist target set. Multinational corporations (MNCs) with global
franchises like McDonalda**s and Mercedes-Benz as well as bank branches
and ATMs are routinely targeted, since they are easily accessible and
symbolize deep capital pockets. As for state institutions, the most recent
attacks show an anarchist affinity for diplomatic targets. In Greece and
other countries, the police are also part of the anarchista**s target set.
In one of the most aggressive attacks in Greece in recent years,
anarchists shot and killed a police officer in his car in Athens in June
Uncommon Solidarity
The anarchist movement is inherently transnational, given its membersa**
itinerant lifestyles and opposition to state authority, however, it is
uncommon to see the outpouring of rhetorical and operational support for
the movement that we have seen over the past few weeks. Attacks against
targets outside Greece in the name of those charged with anarchy in Greece
show that the upcoming Jan. 17 trial has certainly captured the attention
of militants around the world. Up to this point, Italian and Argentine
groups have conducted attacks in the name of those going on trial, but
dozens of other groups around the world have demonstrated the ability to
conduct attacks against MNCs and state assets. Among these anarchists are
groups in Chile that, in addition to offering rhetorical support to those
facing trial in Greece, have also conducted some 100 small-scale attacks
against banks, private businesses and government targets across the
country in the past five years.
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Anarchist groups are also alive, well and operating under a variety of
names in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Germany,
Belgium, France and many other countries. While these groups have not, as
far as we know, pledged overt support to the 13 individuals facing trial
in Athens, they do maintain active operations targeting police stations
and prisons in addition to MNCs and government offices. Should these
groups also join in the increased level of activity surrounding the Jan.
17 trial, we could see a heightened level of anarchist activity through
much of the Western world.
It is important to note that most groups active outside Greece pose only a
low-level threat. While Greek anarchists have progressed in their
tradecraft, constructing larger, more sophisticated IEDs and striking at
more sensitive targets, we have not seen the same level of progression in
other anarchist groups around the world. Therefore, increased anarchist
activity outside of Greece likely means low-order explosive devices, such
as cooking gas canisters and homemade fuel-based bombs, that typically
cause superficial property damage. Most anarchist attacks have
specifically avoided harming people, but recent attacks in Italy and
Greece, as well as threats from Chile, challenge this trend.
Obviously, it is impossible for MNCs and governments to protect every
office, franchise and kiosk that they operate in Europe and North and
South America. However, due to the recent deployment of letter bombs by
anarchists and the distinct risk of more attacks, safeguards can be
implemented to protect staff such as mail-screening procedures. Anarchists
in Greece and Italy have used medium-sized padded envelopes, yellow in
color, to conceal what police describe as videocassette-shaped explosive
devices and mailed them to embassies. They have also used local couriers
to deliver parcel bombs to embassies. Suspicious packages would be those
without return addresses, those with too much postage or those delivered
by unfamiliar couriers.
Source URL:
[5] http://www.stratfor.com/radical_anarchist_groups_pose_their_own_threat
[8] http://web.stratfor.com/images/europe/map/Anarchist_attacks_800.jpg
[9] http://www.stratfor.com/weekly/lessons_st_paul
Parcel bombs injured two at Rome Embassies
24. December 2010. | 07:13
Source: ANSAmed
Two parcel bombs went off in Rome yesterday: the first was at the Swiss
Embassy and the second in the Chilean Embassy. The blasts caused injuries
to the officials in charge of sorting incoming post.
Two parcel bombs went off in Rome yesterday: the first was at the Swiss
Embassy and the second in the Chilean Embassy. The blasts caused injuries
to the officials in charge of sorting incoming post.
Neither of the two functionaries have life-threatening injuries, but the
Swiss official (about whom little is known apart from his age of 53), was
seriously wounded in one hand: the official was alone in the office at the
time of the blast.
The injuries received by the Chilean official (Cesar Mella, 40) were less
serious and he has already undergone surgery.
'There have, as yet, not been any claims of responsibility for the
attacks, according to a statement made by Swiss Ambassador, Bernardino
''Rome's Chief of Police, Francesco Tagliente, has already alerted all
consular representations in the city and an inquiry by the public
prosecutors office has already begun.'
' "We are following anarchist-insurrectionalist leads," said Interior
Minister Roberto Maroni, who specified that indications have come from
"similar episodes that took place in Greece last November".
For this reason, the Italian police have asked for collaboration from the
Greek police.
"We have received a collaboration request and we have already started
working with Italian police along these lines," said Greek police
spokesman Takis Papapetropoulos.
ECB head sent suspect letter bomb
Monday, December 29, 2003 Posted: 1834 GMT ( 2:34 AM HKT)
(CNN) -- Frankfurt police say a suspected letter bomb was found in a mail
room addressed to European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet.
Monday's incident comes two days after European Union Commission President
Romano Prodi was unhurt when he opened a letter bomb at his home in
Bologna, Italy.
The letter to Trichet was also postmarked Bologna.
A Frankfurt police spokesman said that a suspicious letter addressed to
Trichet was noticed by someone in the mail room of the ECB at about 1020
The spokesman said that in addition to the Bologna stamp, it also had
"signs" of being a letter bomb.
It was handed over to the federal criminal office in Weisbaden for
The ECB confirmed it had received a "suspicious letter" addressed to
Trichet on Monday morning that prompted the bank to inform the police.
"The police were informed immediately and are investigating. I can give no
further details at this point," said an ECB spokesman told Reuters.
Prodi, the former Italian prime minister, said he opened the parcel very
carefully after "recent warnings," apparently in reference to two small
home-made bombs that exploded in rubbish bins near his Bologna apartment
on December 22. (Italy probes Prodi parcel bombing)
Trichet, former Governor of the Bank of France, took over as head of the
European central bank in November from Dutch banker Wim Duisenberg.
(Trichet profile)
-- CNN Berlin Bureau Chief Stephanie Halasz contributed to this report
Italy probes Prodi parcel bombing
Monday, December 29, 2003 Posted: 1506 GMT (11:06 PM HKT)
ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- Italy has launched an anti-terrorist investigation
after a parcel bomb exploded in the hands of EU Commission President Romano
Prodi, but the former Italian prime minister brushed off the incident and
urged calm.
Opposition leaders accused Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of fueling fears
of terror threats after he was quoted as saying the Vatican had been a
potential target of an attack with a hijacked airplane.
Prodi was not hurt on Saturday when he opened a letter bomb sent to his home
in the central Italian city of Bologna. But the incident raised questions
about security in a city where an ultra-left urban guerrilla movement has
been active in the past.
Investigators opened a probe into what they call an attempted "terrorist"
attack and an attempt to overthrow democracy.
But Prodi played down the incident.
"Certainly it's not the best tidings for the next year," a smiling Prodi
told journalists in Bologna. "Let's be on our guard, but above all let's not
lose our calm."
The parcel bomb, which was planted inside a book and burst into flames when
Prodi opened it, was sent less than a week after home-made bombs went off in
rubbish bins in the street near his apartment, also without hurting anyone.
Prodi's police escort had been beefed up after the first bombs went off.
Police suspect anarchists were behind the attacks but local media said
Prodi's escort was put under investigation after the parcel bomb got through
The country has been on high alert since a suicide bomber killed 19 Italians
last month in a strike against a military police headquarters in southern
A newspaper on Saturday quoted Berlusconi as saying he had received "precise
and verified news of a (planned) attack on Rome on Christmas Day."
The interview published in the right-leaning Libero daily said Berlusconi
talked about "a hijacked plane above the Vatican" and "an attack from the
The prime minister's office later released a statement denying he had given
an interview to the journalist and had only exchanged Christmas greetings.
The statement used a play on words to imply the journalist had invented the
But Libero stuck by its reporter and opposition lawmakers lambasted
Berlusconi for treating the issue lightly.
"These are very delicate issues to be treated with reserve and
responsibility," said Gavino Angius, the Senate leader for the opposition
Democrats of the Left.
"We know there is a terrorist threat, but to talk about it like he did,
saying one thing and then denying it ... is sowing more fear than there
already was."
Last Updated: Sunday, 28 December, 2003, 01:13 GMT
Prodi survives parcel bomb attack
European Commission President Romano Prodi escaped unhurt after a parcel
bomb attack on his home in Bologna, northern Italy.
Mr Prodi said a wrapped novel burst into flames as he opened it.
Two other explosions in rubbish bins near Mr Prodi's home in the past
week were claimed by an anarchist group.
Mr Prodi said those attacks, which also failed to cause injury, and
other warnings had made him more cautious as he tackled a pile of
Christmas post.
"I kept it fairly far away. There was a big flame but without an
explosion. It burned a piece of furniture and the carpet a bit," he
The pages of the book, wrapped in yellow paper and addressed to his
wife, had been cut to insert explosive powder, Mr Prodi told reporters.
The book used was The Pleasure by Gabriele D'Annunzio, a famous early
supporter of Fascism before his death in 1938. Mr Prodi joked that the
choice of book might have been ironic.
High-level support
An investigation was launched into who may have been responsible for the
letter bomb.
The previously unknown group, Informal Anarchic Federation, claimed the
earlier rubbish bin attacks in a letter to an Italian newspaper in which
it said it wanted to target "the apparatus of control that is repressive
and leading the democratic show that is the new European order".
Mr Prodi, who was in Bologna for the Christmas holidays, received
messages of support from senior politicians including Italian President
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the country's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and
French President Jacques Chirac also sent support.
His spell as president of the European Commission ends next year.
A former Italian prime minister, Mr Prodi is expected to return to Rome
to take charge of Italy's centre-left coalition and challenge Mr
Berlusconi in the country's next general election.
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FRANKFURT | Thu Dec 8, 2011 11:53am EST
Dec 8 (Reuters) - German investigators said on Thursday they had obtained
a letter written in Italian in which a group calling itself the Informal
Anarchist Federation claimed responsibility for a letter bomb sent to
Josef Ackermann, head of Deutsche Bank.
The letter speaks of "three explosions against banks, bankers, fleas and
bloodsuckers", the Criminal Investigations Office for the state of Hesse
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There were some surprises in Surprise!, AZ this morning with a big storm. I had one of those too. But I didn't have adoring fans watching my every move. I was just trying to balance my florescent green water bottle (hey, no comments. I never lose it) and my notebook and my papers and my recently-upgraded-to-become-more-giant handbag.
The 2011 season is starting to feel like home, now that Ryan Braun has stuck his foot firmly in his mouth. His honesty is refreshing, but he still seems to be in some sort of blissful ignorance that "to be honest with you" is not really a known phrase in contact between Major Leaguers and the press. Last year may have been miserable, but his statement still felt a little off.
And another case where honesty went a little awry… chapter 500 of the Michael Young saga started today when he arrived at camp. As previously stated, I am in the We Are So Puzzled We Are Not Even Going There phase with Young and I am sticking to that. Young has his game face back on and I get the sense that whatever goes down from now on in that saga is going to be behind tightly closed doors. Although Jon Daniels still seemed a little miffed about, you know, "his integrity being questioned". Who knows? Maybe we'll get a little more soap opera before the end.
CJ Wilson may be in danger of losing his Best Hair crown from this photo, but that food is making me stare for a long, long time. So that's what they eat! Lucky MLBers.
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Dear Bud Selig,
Before I get started with my rant… would you please send Joe Girardi a birthday card from me? Or better yet, some birthday brownies? I wanted to do it myself but no one would give me his address. Can't think why. It's not like I would stalk him or anything. Probably.
Anyway. I'm writing to tell you that I am kind of excited for my Giants, but I have a problem with this whole thing: when they got into the postseason, they were the NL West Champions and if they get to the World Series, they'll be the NL Champions, but what are they now? Co-champions of the NLDS? Contenders for the NLCS? There doesn't seem to be a good name for them. I mean, we could just call them the Holders of the Title that Diamond Girl Created but that's kind of a little long. How 'bout HTDGC? ::cue stunned silence:: Forget it. But I do need some name ideas and since you surely have brilliant minds at your disposal, why not come up with some?
Seriously, any name ideas, darling people? If not, we could steal Marissa Miller from the NFL and see if she has any bright ideas. The moon is blue, once in a while.
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Fast-track Worship Install, Part 1
Jan 3, 2013 11:08 AM, With Bennett Liles
OK and you mentioned they've got live music. It's a rock band, so I would figure that you got a fair number of sound sources to deal with on the mixing and monitoring.
Rold: It's a contemporary band, but we were actually pretty lucky in the fact that most everything is direct except for the vocals. It's acoustic guitars that are direct. They have an electronic drum set that runs direct, and they have keyboards and they also run key base. So we didn't have any amplifiers on stage that we had to worry about, which made it a lot easier to control. [Timestamp: 3:56]
That's still a lot of sound sources if you're dealing with a lot of volunteer help on the technical team handling sound, lighting, video and all. What did you do as far as a front of house mixer?
Rold: We went with the PreSonus mixer, the StudioLive 24.4.2. [Timestamp: 4:09] And why did you go with the PreSonus in particular? Did it have some features that were especially good for this situation?
Rold: There were quite a few reasons actually. Price was a factor, but there were features that they wanted. In the functionality, they wanted to be able to save scenes, which you can do with that console. They wanted to be able to record every service as well. Plus they wanted to be able to do remote mixing and in the price range of what they were looking to spend, this fit all the needs for what that they wanted. [Timestamp: 4:38]
How long are the cable runs? What did you have to do to get the sound signals from the stage to the mixer?
Rold: We actually ran a standard analog snake out to the FOH mixing platform. Distance wise it was about 75ft. [Timestamp: 4:52]
Well, in a distance of 75ft. there's still plenty of room to run into lots of potential problems. So I would think that since this was a brand new building you didn't have to deal with any grounding problems on the equipment installation.
Schmidt: Yeah, we actually specified what's called an isolation transformer in our jobs and so we have a dedicated transformer that feeds our electrical panel, which also feeds all of our isolated ground circuits. [Timestamp: 5:17]
Oh, well, that's great, so you don't have any problems hearing dimmers that are halfway up or any of that hum generating fun stuff.
Rold: Yeah, absolutely no problem with that at all; we're always separate from them. [Timestamp: 5:28]
And how did you accommodate the live band. They must have some sort of stage monitoring requirements.
Rold: Yeah, we went with the myMix system so that they could actually mix monitors for themselves. So everybody's on basically in-ear's. They used the myMix, which we split the direct out's from the console directly into the myMix and so they have 16 channels on stage that they can choose from and create their own mixes, which makes it easier for the person that's running sounds to not have to worry about that; he can focus more on the room and the band takes care of themselves and they were really happy with that. [Timestamp: 6:05]
Yeah, that always makes the musicians happy when they can have more control over their own monitoring and it really streamlines rehearsals and speeds things up, particularly when you may somebody different mixing at the front of the house from one week to the next. The music people always like to have it their own way through all of that.
Rold: Yeah, and that's always the challenge in a church installation is the volunteers and making it as easy as possible for them so the consistency is good. [Timestamp: 6:28]
And they have, I guess, wireless mics or wireless in-ear stage monitoring? Rold: Actually their in-ears are direct from the myMix. They have a station at each of the mic stands, so their headphones come directly off that. There are some wireless headsets that are used for the pastor in that situation, but the band isn't really going with any wireless. [Timestamp: 6:49]
Oh, so the pastors wear headset mics?
Schmidt: Yes.
Oh that's great! Lots of times you can't talk them into doing that, but when they do it, it seems to work out great for gain before feedback and so forth and really makes things easier on the front of house people. But a lot of the pastors are still old school and they like to wear lapel mics that are harder to deal with.
Rold: We were really lucky in this situation. They were really open to making the changes that they needed to make to get the sound quality that they were looking for. [Timestamp: 7:19]
How did things go when you did the installation? Were there any surprises or unexpected situations that came up?
Schmidt: No, no surprises. It was definitely a fast track project. We had to comply with the work schedule with the general contractor. We had to be out right before, I think, Easter, but everything just went smoothly. [Timestamp: 7:36]
Well, [it's] fantastic when it all comes together that way. I guess you guys were there when the system had its first test run during an actual service. So how did things go with that?
Rold: Yeah, we arranged to be there for the first two to three weeks of the services and everything was really smooth actually. We didn't have any issues and a lot of feedback on how happy they were actually. [Timestamp: 7:58]
Sounds good. The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd and a sound system for its new 500-seat sanctuary from JC Productions in Reno, Nev. Scott Schmidt and Todd Rold and in part two we'll be talking about the details on the mixing capability, the video, and how they record things. Thanks for giving us a look at the project.
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Dear Bud Selig,
Hi! Have you missed me and my letters of bullyin- I mean, recommendation- to you? Wait. Don't answer that one.
Anyway! I feel like I've touched on this before, but I feel the need to say it clearly and detailed-ly now, on the eve of Catchers and Pitchers Reporting Day. For the Giants, A's, Reds, Cubs, Pirates, Phillies and Orioles.
Which is, actually, just my point.
Wouldn't it be a thousand times more climactic to be able to just say, "the eve of Catchers and Pitchers Reporting Day," without all the team names at the end? AKA, shouldn't they all report on the same day? Now, look. I understand all the stuff about free will vs. predestination and letting teams do their own thing and that this is not a mandatory report date anyway, but that is all completely beside the point. Imagine if it was like this at the beginning of the regular season, with Opening Day spread out over a whole bunch of days? How terrible would that be? (It would, obviously, be absolutely terrible.)
Also, on the practical side, this bad scheduling makes my brain have to work a lot harder than it likes to. Since my iPod has a deep and unfounded hatred of me and refuses to accept it when I schedule appointments or events on the calendar app, I have to store all this info in my head. Which means that every day, in between watching Dior fashion shows over and over, I have to do my sleuthing and find out who might possibly be reporting to Arizona today. Waste of time with a capital "W".
Besides which, the Giants were tweeting photos of Nate Schierholtz working out in the batting cages today. I mean, I'm not going to go out there and say they shouldn't let Nate take BP. But tweeting about it? That's like tweeting a link to the wedding scene from Breaking Dawn, Part I the day before the movie comes out. You can't leak the most important details right before it happens, people!
So here's what I propose: something a little more, well, dramatic. I'm talking, you sucker all the players into getting buzzy new haircuts and stuff and then they all make their grand debuts before the cameras on one, predetermined, day.
If only for the sake of my overscheduled brain.
Thanks, Bud. You're the best. And while you're at it, please scrap all the expanded playoffs weirdness. That's just… weird. For lack of a better word.
Thanks again!
Diamond Girl
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Mildred Joyce Hale, on the morning of Monday, May 13, 2013, the birthday of her late husband, went to her heavenly home after a short illness.
She joined her husband, Warren, her mother, Dorothy McCoy whom she cared for until her going home at 102 years, and many other loved ones who have gone on before. In her 81-plus years she was known as a person of dignity who cared deeply about those suffering from financial, emotional, physical, or spiritual difficulties and not just offered her sympathies but committed her finances and personal time and property to their behalf.
In her most treasured role, she devoted herself to her family as an Army officer's wife and mother of four. She attained a master's of early childhood education and taught kindergarten for 15 years in the Chatham County (Ga.) School System in addition to various Bible teaching and ministry positions at Ardsley Park Baptist Church during her 35 years in Savannah, Ga. Upon returning to her hometown of Cleveland to care for her aging parents, Ted and Dorothy McCoy, she continued her generosity and ministry to others in the Flint Springs community.
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Beyonce's big secret revealed!
November 22, 2013 in Uncategorized
All the drama with Celebville's power couple dished, which celeb is being cheated on and who got engaged? Jenna Shevel dishes the dirt!
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I almost like died last week- I was at am ATM and lost all concentration- when a pal called to ask if it was for realz that Beyonce and Jay Z were overs! Surely not!! Seriously, I may have screamed! So there has been no official word on the state of their marriage but there is definitely trouble in paradise! The pair have recently been in holiday in Australia , in a last ditch effort to save their marriage! So what's happened to music's power couple? According to an inside source Jay-Z's decision to tour Europe at the same time as Beyonce is touring Australia has caused serious damage to their relationship – damage that may ultimately prove to be irreparable! Beyonce had assumed that after Jay's summer tour with Justin Timberlake, he would join her in Australia. At the end of the summer though, Jay let her know she'd assumed wrong. "Beyonce flipped… not only did he plan the tour without consulting her at all, but he didn't even try to coordinate dates with her tour. She told him he was selfish." Her anger only intensified once the tours began. According to sources Bouncy has been feeling like a single mother lately – and has been letting him know that he's on very shaky ground. She even told him that she's using the time they spend apart as a trial separation. The threat scared Jay. But though he's tried to woo her with mini-vacations in Italy and Paris during breaks in their touring schedules, Beyonce still feels that he was putting his music career first and their family second! Epic mistake! And he continues to disappoint – almost immediately after their whirlwind trip to Paris, Jay seemed content to leave the child rearing to B as he returned to his infamous club-hopping ways. "Beyonce hates that Jay goes clubbing so often – she understands it's important to be seen, but he's a husband and father. She thinks he's using touring as an excuse to go out practically every night! Drama-Rama!!!! Shame man, poor B!
Celeb dreams
Omg the most excited like ever! My celeb dreams may be coming true! Word on the street is that former co-stars and lovers Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams are back together! Ryan was busy with Eva Mendes but she is off the scene and Rachel is back!!!!! Yay! There are no words to describe the absolute excitement and joy at this little tidbit of news! I mean could it be any more perfect? I think not! Holding thumbs this shiz works out. Happy Hollywood!
Bound baby
So since coming out of hiding after having North and like losing all her baby weight and may or maybe not getting plastic surgery ( that's what people are saying) Kim Kardashian is literally everywhere! I recently watched the new Kanye West music video Bound, which features a basically starkers Kimmy K- boobs people, lots of boobs- gyrating and basically like showing us their sexy times vibes. It's so hekkers! Kray kray! Check it out here!
Friend fail?
Well well well, the saying bro's before hoes clearly may not be coming into play here! It seems that Leonardo DiCaprio ain't putting his bro first. Leo, who is pals with Orlando Bloom- who recently announced his separation from Miranda Kerr- was spotted with Orly's former lady! Miranda and Leo were already linked late last year while Orlando and Miranda were still married and just this past week the pair were seen looking very friendly in Las Vegas! Mmmm new couple alert? Miranda sure is Leo's type- he sure loves his schmodels!
3rd time a charm?
Well as you know Eminem is hitting South African shores next year and he may have someone special with him!! Word in the street is that Eminem is rekindling his famously stormy relationship with ex-wife Kim Mathers! According to Kim's mom the pair see each other all the time and are getting back together imminently!! He is also building her a brand new mansion literally next door to his!! Kathy revealed of the former lovers: "They get along better than ever. He's building her a new house on 22 mile right over there." She added of daughter Kim: "She has been clean all these years, she just takes care of her family. She's doing very well." Kathy also revealed the pair may get back together soon, explaining: "I think they might, they get on better than ever." Mmmm! Interesting!
Swarming with celebs
So celebs are swarming all over Cape Town as they shoot the flick The Giver! Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Taylor Swift and super steamy Alexander Skarsgard! Swoon. Sources on set have dished that Katie is a super-sour biatch and won't even look at you in the eye. Such a diva! And old Swifty is rumoured to be getting super cosy with Alexander! Typical Taylor. She does like em older! Watch out Alex, you could land up on her next album!
Rocking romance
So as I've told you a few times before, shiz ain't good between Jennifer Aniston and her fiance Justin Theroux! The wedding has been put on hold for like the 10th time- never a good sign- plus the pair have been living on separate coasts- her in LA and him in NYC! Anyhoo now the latest news is that Justin has been spotted canoodling with someone else! At a recent bash which included the likes of Gwyneth Paltrow, Reese Witherspoon and Gwen Stefani , Justin was spotted getting very affectionate with a mystery blonde! A source dished "He gave her a friendly kiss and a hug when she walked up, which is normal… but what was abnormal was the fact that they were touchy-feely and stood around with their arms around each other." To those in attendance, they were not the actions you would expect from a man who'd popped the question with an eight-carat diamond ring more than a year ago "Justin close affection with the blonde was definitely the talk of the party… it didn't seem like a situation Jen would be happy about." Sounds uber shady to me!
Happy days!
Totes excited by this tidbit! My fave actor ever Adam Brody- Seth Cohen from The OC- is engaged to his gal pal of about a year, Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester! So cute! The pair who have been longtime pals, made it official about a year ago and now Adam popped the question! Yay! Dream couple!
Until next week… Jenna xoxo
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Early on, I had created this Google group, but it's seen low traction, but before I hang my hat I wanna give one more ask to the community online. Please don't be shy! PM me if you absolutely can't come out of lurking.
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albamarle Posts: 23one 2009 local in alabama on showroom,
saleman mentioned all alabama tundras will be flexifuel.
another site alabama , salesman said got to get rid of 2008
before they will receive 2009s, thing s really slow for the movers shakers
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albamarle Posts: 23that's alot of future potential assets on the balance sheet
hanging waiting for bid/buy/sell the markup must come down
for such income to be realized,,why not show 2009s?
2008 need to move >>>>>>>quick
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texas writer in forums
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as much as possible to salvage
value from 2008s
2009 SR5 DC 4x4 Tow,
25,900 base + $109 increase from 2008 to 2009
last day of month //incentives going away
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dropped to 31,,customer left building
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manager calls back with buying local
@ 30k waiting to see what is actual value of vehicle
price paid to dealership
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88th International Instructors Course - Oostende-Belgium November 22nd-24th, 2013
ITF-Belgium hosted the 88th International Instructors Course with the ITF Technical Committee, GM Hector Marano, GM Willem Jacob Bos and GM Kim Ung Lan.
It was the 3rd time an IIC was held in Belgium, the first time in Oostende, the biggest town at the belgian coast.
Registration started on Thursday November 21st. This was necessary, since there were 236 participants coming from 21 different countries. Amongst them 2 GrandMasters, GM Rolf Becking from Germany & GM Orello Ellis (UK), and 19 Masters.
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Friday evening 143 persons participated at the banquet.
On Saturday afternoon, after the classes of that day, there was the closing ceremony. Master Frank Vanberghen presented the GrandMasters paintings he had made especially for them. Also Master Christa Wintzer, 8th degree, was honoured. At the age of 70 she decided this was her last IIC.
Saturday evening at the top floor, the 9th floor, of hotel Ravelingen the organizers invited all GrandMasters and Masters for a nice dinner.
Sunday morning the venue was in Ravelingen, where most of the participants were staying. It was reserved for the Kids Development Program, conducted by Master Donato Nardizzi.
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I am very disappointed in this. I ordered one in Cobalt and the color is wonderful, but after one week in my kitchen which is not a heavy traffic area, the stitching is coming apart in two places. I'm going to return it, obviously, but as I said...very disappointed.
I ordered this rug last year for my kitchen and I am so pleased with it. It looks beautiful on the hardwood floor aand does not show soil and I was delighted after a workman got red dirt on it that I was able to vacum it with out any residue(after the mud had dried) I have received many compliments on it and everyone has ask where did you get it. Of course, I am happy to tell them Rugs USA. Now I am going to order two small ones for the mud room.
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Robert Udelsman MD, MBA, FACS, FACE
William H. Carmalt Professor of Surgery; Chair, Department of Surgery; Surgeon-in-Chief, Yale-New Haven Hospital; Clinical Program Leader, Endocrine Cancers Program, Smilow Cancer Hospital; Chairman of the Board, Yale Medical Group
Research Interests
Minimally invasive surgery; Including techniques for minimizing the trauma of surgery; Endocrine surgery; Endocrine oncology
Selected Publications
- Udelsman R. High success rate of parathyroid reoperation may be achieved with improved localization diagnosis. World J Surg 32(7):1512-7, 2008
- Sosa JA, Mehta P, Thomas DC, Berland G, Farrell M, Gross C, Gusberg, R, Kinder B, McNamara R, Rosenthal R, Udelsman R, Bravata DM, Roman SA. Evaluating the Surgical Literature: Can Standardizing Peer-Review Today Predict Manuscript Impact Tomorrow? Ann Surgery (in press) 2008
- Longo WE, Seashore J, Duffy A, Udelsman R. Attrition of Categorical General Surgery Residents: Results of a 20-Year Audit. Amer J Surg (in press) 2008
- Tuggle CT, Roman SA, Wang TS, Boudourakis L, Thomas DC, Udelsman R. Pediatric Endocrine Surgery: Who is Operating on Our Children? Surgery (in press) 2008
- Tang PC, Roman SA, Sosa JA, Cheung K, Udelsman R. Open and laparoscopic adrenalectomy: a twenty year institutional experience. Ann Surg Oncology (submitted) 2008