From: "Enda Brophy" <enda_b-AT-email.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 10:43:32 -0500
Subject: Re: AUT: Re: Berlusconi Government Aide Murdered in Italy


it plays right into Confindustria's hands, 
there can be no doubt about that.  and 
some of the circumstances do seem odd, 
to say the least (as far as I understand 
however there have been no leaks as to 
what the security cameras may or may not 
have caught).

however, that armed struggle has been a 
part of  Italian extraparliamentary 
movements' (left *and* right) repertoire can 
hardly be denied.

I've recently started reading "Il Nemico 
Inconfessabile" by Paolo Persichetti and 
Oreste Scalzone, two important figures in 
the grotesque period at the end of the 
seventies that culminated in the 
oppression of that dynamic movement.

They begin by refuting the conspiracy 
theories about the end of the seventies, 
which had constructed the BR as 
"unknowingly complicit" in a strategy by 
occult powers.  This came as a bit of an 
unhappy surpise to me, since it was an 
idea I had always clung to somewhat 
desperately.

Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to suggest 
is that there are all sorts of questions 
surrounding this recent and most 
significant event.  and no conclusions 
should be dismissed out of hand, even the 
most unsettling ones.

BTW the most recent news is that a 
twenty-plus statement has been emailed to 
all manner of unions, dailies, and  political 
parties, in which the BR claim responsibility 
for the murder.  I don't have the time to read 
it myself, and the contents I imagine are 
predictable (it can be found on La 
Repubblica's site).

but these developments are important, and 
I'd be happy to hear other views on this.

e.  

> 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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> >
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