As the '' European Vision '' , she was chartered for the 27th G8 summit in Genoa , Italy as a secure location to house world leaders . Terrorism fears were high in advance of the September 11 , 2001 attacks and Al Qaeda was believed to be considering Genoa as a target . Although the ship was protected by a phalanx of anti-terrorism units including helicopters and missile launchers , U.S. President George W. Bush stayed instead at a dockside hotel
27th G8 summit
27th G8 summit
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