article_snippet.sent: Rome (CNN)Italian authorities said CNN)Italian authorities had launched a "vast anti-terrorism operation" Friday, going after suspects associated with al Qaeda who had discussed a range of targets, including Vatican.
article_snippet.sent: Some members of alleged terrorist cell had direct contact with Osama bin Laden al Qaeda Osama bin Laden before Osama bin Laden death in Pakistan in 2011, wiretaps showed, Italy's state-run ANSA news agency reported.
article_snippet.sent: And wiretaps and other intelligence revealed that the group planned to carry out terrorist attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as in Italy, according to Caligari Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura.
article_snippet.sent: Some evidence indicated Vatican was among the targets considered, police said.
article_snippet.sent: Talk of this took place March 2010, around the time a possible suicide bomber from Afghanistan entered Italy, Caligari Chief Prosecutor Mauro Mura said.
article_snippet.sent: One of raids targeted the alleged terrorist cell's headquarters on the island of Sardinia.
highlights_snippet.sent: Evidence suggests Vatican was discussed as a possible target in March 2010, police say .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: State news: Some members of alleged terrorist cell had direct contact with Osama bin Laden .