terrorist cells seem to be involved in the operation. XXXXXXXXX up to now we have succeeded in identifying only one of them.
The subjects gravitate around Little Cairo, a call center in the Marconi neighborhood. The place is managed by an Egyptian citizen, xxxxxxx, and frequented by many foreigners, especially Muslims.
This information confirms the contention of the Western intelligence services that Al Qaeda has changed its strategy with respect to September 11th. Today it no longer relies on terrorists arriving for a mission but is taking advantage of the presence of Muslim immigrants in the West to commit attacks.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Al Qaeda has changed its strategy with respect to September 11th. Today it no longer relies on terrorists arriving for a mission but is taking xxxxxxx
The attacks of March 11, 2004, in Madrid fit into this new criminal design: the terrorist Jamal Zougam and his accomplices were for the most part Moroccan immigrants, apparently integrated into Spanish society.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxbe no risk to my safety, because the operation would take place not in the enemy’s camp but at home, in Romexxxxxxxxxxxx
We are obliged to use all possible means to defend ourselves from these new terrorists “made in Italy.” In the current situation we do not have sufficient operatives available to evaluate the structure and modus operandi of this terrorist group. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
There are numerous questions: are the two cells in question autonomous or affiliated with some international terrorist organization like Al Qaeda? What are the perceptible objectives chosen in order to strike Rome, capital of the Italian State and home of the Vatican? xxxxxxxxxxxxxx the answers to all the questions that occurred to me. So, after a few minutes, I knew about the mission: I was to be a xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx ab.
Yet we have known for a while that they have targeted: the Colosseum, the Jewish ghetto, the Basilica of St. Peter, the Termini station, the subway, and the United States Embassy on Via Veneto.
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It’s likely that the first cell on Viale Marconi functions as a cover, that is, providing logistical support to the other. It is suspected besides that there are suicide bombers ready to act to cause the maximum number of victims. For this reason an emergency plan must be put in place under which help can be provided to thousands of wounded. In the light of all this, we consider it indispensable to prepare public opinion for the worst, at the risk of causing alarm.
At present we are working to identify the elements of the second cell. To accelerate the time frame of Operation Little Cairo, we have decided to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Garibaldi? To tell the truth, the word “country” gives me shivers only when I hear the national anthem at international xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Rome, April 21, 2005
I didn’t need any more details; the official from SISMI had the answers to all the questions that occurred to me. So, after a few minutes, I knew about the mission: I was to be a spy, infiltrated into the Arab Muslim community in Rome, with the purpose of preventing terrifying attacks and saving many human lives.
This captain of the 007s repeated several times that there would be no risk to my safety, because the operation would take place not in the enemy’s camp but at home, in Rome. “Signor Mazzari,” he said, “don’t worry, we will always be nearby.”
At the end of the conversation he gave me just a few days to make a decision. When we said goodbye he shook my hand firmly.
“Signor Mazzari, remember that Italy, your country, needs you. We are at war, a war against terror, the ‘War on Terror,’ as our American allies say.”
Shit, “country” and “war” are loaded words! And what was I supposed to do? Feel like the savior of the nation, a modern-day Garibaldi? To tell the truth,