Italy on alert after purported Al-Qaeda ultimatum expires
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Italy was on high alert as a group linked to Al-Qaeda reportedly threatened to attack, singling out Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi as a target, after the expiry of a deadline for Rome to pull its troops out of Iraq.
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Silvio Berlusconi brushed off fears yesterday of a fresh terrorist threat in Italy, insisting he would finish his holiday in Sardinia despite a bomb scare in the seaside town where Tony Blair ended a flying visit yesterday.
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THE threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages last night as their Islamic militant captors&#39; 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini appealed to Arab countries on Monday to help win the release of two Italian hostages as an apparent deadline to kill them drew near.
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The government issued the alert Thursday, but said the threat by a radical Muslim group was unconfirmed and seemed to pose no immediate danger.
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KABUL - The militant group holding three foreign UN workers captive in Afghanistan extended an ultimatum for their threatened execution on Wednesday but gave conflicting versions of a new deadline.
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Italy will do whatever is possible to secure the release of an Italian freelance journalist kidnapped byIraqi insurgents, but will not bow to demands to withdraw its troops, the Italian government said Tuesday.
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KABUL - C&#39;e&#39; incertezza riguardo l&#39;ultimatum annunciato dall&#39;&quot;Esercito dei musulmani&quot;, il gruppo che ha rivendicato il rapimento dei tre impiegati dell&#39;Onu in ostaggio in Afghanistan. Secondo quanto riferito
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PERUGIA - &#39;&#39;Ultimatum&#39;&#39;: la parola pesa oggi sulla vicenda di Enzo Baldoni, sul lavoro di chi si sta impegnando per riportarlo a casa dall&#39; Iraq e sulla sua famiglia, che ieri aveva affidato ai due figli del reporter rapito il compito di lanciare un
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An online statement purportedly from an Islamic militant group threatened the Netherlands and Italy with - oebloodbaths - if they don - t withdraw their troops from Iraq.
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European Union member states are keeping an eye on al-Qaeda and others potentially violent groups.
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Scaduto ultimatum, miliziani verso controllo della Striscia
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The threat of execution hung over a Briton and two American hostages as their Islamic militant captors' 48-hour deadline for the US-led coalition to free all Iraqi female detainees was due to expire.
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(AGI) - Rimini, 24 ago. - &quot;Piu&#39; si sta in silenzio, senza fare inutili dichiarazioni, e meglio e&#39;&quot;. Cosi&#39; il ministro degli Italiani nel mondo, Mirko Tremaglia, ha commentato l&#39;ultimatum lanciato dai rapitori
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Il nuovo ultimatum di 24 ore lanciato dai rapitori dei due giornalisti francesi in Iraq Ã¨ scaduto ieri sera senza notizie sulla sorte degli ostaggi, mentre prosegue l&#39;offensiva di Parigi, diretta al cuore politico, diplomatico e religioso del mondo arabo
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DUBAI : An Islamist group has threatened to kill two Italian women held hostage in Iraq if Rome does not withdraw its troops from the war-torn country within 24 hours, according to an internet statement.
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A senior Taliban commander has threatened  to kill an Italian reporter accused of spying if the Italian  government does not meet the group's demands, a Pakistan-based  news agency reported.