From: "cwright" <cwright-AT-21stcentury.net>
Subject: AUT: Re: Berlusconi Government Aide Murdered in Italy
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:16:56 -0600


Does anyone else feel that this might actually be another of the Italian
governments 'sacrifice fly balls' to start a scare?  This kind of stuff is
very convenient at times when a crackdown looks to be in order.

Chris

>
> Italian government aide murdered
>
>
> A close aide to Italy's labour minister has
> been shot dead.
>
> Marco Biagi, an assistant to Labour
> Minister Roberto Maroni, was killed outside
> his home in the northern city of Bologna.
>
>
> Eyewitnesses said two people on a
> motorbike approached the 51-year-old
> economist and law professor as he cycled
> home, and gunned him down.
>
> Police have begun an investigation into
> what is being seen as an act of political
> terrorism.
>
> Interior Minister Claudio Scajola has
> interrupted his trip to the United States and
> decided to return immediately to Italy after
> learning of Mr Biagi's murder.
>
> He described the killing as a very grave act.
>
> Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said the
> killing "fills all Italians with pain".
>
>
> Marco Biagi: Drafted controversial labour
> laws
>
> "Terrorism has shown yet again that it
> poses a danger that needs to be fought
> with all our power," he said in a statement.
>
> No-one has claimed responsibility for the
> shooting, but correspondents say the
> incident raises fears of a domestic terror
> attack.
>
> Mr Biagi's murder comes just weeks after
> the Justice Ministry warned that Italy could
> witness a revival of politically-motivated
> terrorism.
>
> Less than a month ago, a bomb exploded
> near the Interior Ministry in Rome.
>
> And left-wing groups are currently furious
> over a planned reform of labour statutes
> that will make it easier to hire and fire staff.
>
> Mr Biagi was one of the authors of the
> proposed employment changes.
>
> Legacy of terror
>
> During the 1970s and 1980s, Italy was
> plagued by domestic attacks from both
> right-wing and left-wing terrorists, which
> killed hundreds and left a legacy of
> lingering political hostility.
>
> In 1999, top Labour Ministry adviser
> Massimo D'Antona was killed in an attack
> allegedly carried out by the militant leftist
> Red Brigades.
>
> The group carried out many attacks in the
> 1970s - most notoriously the 1978 killing of
> former Premier Aldo Moro.
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