Italian police launched a massive
operation on Friday after uncovering an alleged al-Qaeda network
based in Italy, ANSA sources said.
The operation featured raids in seven Italian provinces
after 18 arrest warrants were issued following a probe by
prosecutors in the Sardinian city of Cagliari.
The operation targeted Islamist extremists linked to
several acts of terrorism and sabotage in Pakistan, including an
attack on a Peshawar market in October 2009 in which over 200
people died.
Among the suspects were two members of a network that
protected late al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan, the
sources said.
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