Again? How many times a week do they do this?
An al-Qaida-linked group gave Italy another 15 days to withdraw its troops from Iraq before sending "waves of earthquakes to erase your country," according to a statement sent to an Arabic newspaper Sunday. It was the fourth threat in two weeks against the key American ally. The statement, signed by the Abu Hafs al-Masri Brigades and sent to the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, followed the expiration of a three-month truce purportedly made in April by Osama bin Laden to European states. "The language of blood is on its way to you. We mobilize all our cells in Rome and all other Italian cities. We give (Premier Silvio) Berlusconi 15 days to pull out from Iraq and after that the blood of all Italians everywhere will be free for us," said the statement, faxed to The Associated Press by the newspaper. "We will send waves of earthquakes to erase your country completely and will burn everything," it said.
| I think if I was Berlusconi I'd start rounding up turbans and shipping them someplace else. Like Antarctica. |
The statement urged the Italians to remember the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist bombings in the United States and the bombs in Madrid last March. |