Wiretaps from an al-Qaeda cell
in Sardinia showed there was a suicide bomber in Italy and
possible plans to attack the Vatican, investigators told a press
conference Friday.
Italian police launched a massive operation on Friday
after uncovering an alleged al-Qaeda network based in Italy.
Raids were carried out 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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