(Updated) False Alarm: Bomb Suspected Outside U.S. Embassy to Vatican
- Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:22am by
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ROME (AP) — Bomb squad teams were dispatched to the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican on Wednesday after it reported a suspicious package – but it was a false alarm, police said.
Embassies in Rome have been on high alert for a week after anarchists mailed package bombs to at least three embassies in the Italian capital. Two exploded, injuring the people who opened them.
There have also been more than a dozen false alarms in recent days as embassy staff comb through mail backlogs following the Christmas holidays.
Police at the site of the Embassy, overlooking the Circus Maximus field, said the latest report was a false alarm.
An Italian anarchist group calling itself the “Informal Anarchist Federation” has claimed responsibility for sending the bombs to the Chilean, Swiss and Greek embassies to Italy, saying it was responding to an appeal by Greek anarchists to step up attacks.
Greek anarchists sent 14 mail bombs to various embassies in Athens last month and called on anarchists worldwide to unite and organize a “revolutionary war.” Two men were arrested for the Athens bombings. In addition, more than a dozen members of the group that claimed responsibility, the Conspiracy Nuclei of Fire, are due to go on trial in Athens on Jan. 17.
Earlier Wednesday, two small bombs exploded in front of the northern Italian headquarters of a right-wing party, the Northern League, that is a member of Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s government.
Varese police inspector Carla Galluccio said no one was hurt. She said anarchists were believed responsible.
The anti-immigrant Northern League – whose founder Umberto Bossi lives down the block from party headquarters – once advocated secession for Italy’s prosperous north. It has been the target of previous attacks; Wednesday’s blasts shattered the office windows.
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Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:41pmAnother false flag attempt from the global power brokers trying to roll out the police state. If you believe that these bombs are coming from an anarchist group then I have a bridge on Pluto I can sell you for a great deal.
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jcons114
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:26pmOh and yeah….The Vatican City State is a Soveriegn State according to international law adn the Pope is its sovereign (even tho the Secretary of State Cardinal Sodano does most of the administrative stuff).
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 2:29pmGood thing it was a fake, as opposed to those that exploded recently. Anarchists control by fear, violence & surprise. Our Embassy is where it is for reasons of diplomacy. This may have been a dry run. Good thing we were “prepared”.
Report Post »joeyt
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:19amWhether you love or hate the Catholic Church, you should be able to admit that it is arguably the largest organization of people in the world. When the church’s leader speaks, more than a billion people (including many non-Catholics) listen and take his message to heart. Even if you are a bigot, and you like to slander all Catholics as pedophiles, satanists, or whatever, you should have the ability to acknowledge that it is a good thing for our government to maintain a formal relationship with such an influential world-wide organization.
Report Post »The American
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:53amWhy do we have an embassy to the Vatican? Sounds like a big waste of money to me.
Report Post »emertz8413
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:25amAnarchists – what a surprise!!
Report Post »pavnvet
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:49amIsn’t it amazing that anarchists organize to protest organizations?
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:46amI think the only question that really matters here is WHY DO WE HAVE AN EMBASSY TO THE VATICAN?!
Report Post »NoName22
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:31amThe Vatican is it’s own country……It’s also a corrupt religious organization.
The better question is, WHY WOULDNT YOU HAVE AN EMBASSY AT THE VATICAN?
Still waiting on the Catholic Church to release all their secrets about Christianity they refuse to reveal, and yet claim to be a prominent honest God-fearing representation of Christ.
nottrollingguys
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:04pmAs a proud Catholic, I’d be happy to answer any questions you have about my faith. The Catholic church has very few secrets, and if you‘d like to ask questions I’ll do my best to answer.
Report Post »jcons114
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 8:22pmAs a Catholic and a Knight of Columbus I would too NoName!
Report Post »BubbaCoop
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:11pm“The Vatican is it’s own country”
and?
“WHY WOULDNT YOU HAVE AN EMBASSY AT THE VATICAN?”
Waste of money
“Still waiting on the Catholic Church to release all their secrets about Christianity they refuse to reveal”
There can be no substantive secrets about Christianity. The Word is all you need.
Report Post »HillBillySam1
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:36amDoes anyone know where William Ayers is???
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:53amSomeone let Homeland Security know about this. They are busy interrogating a girl with a pairing knife.
Report Post »TXPilot
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:28amUm, is it now an approved procedure to just blow up anyone and anything you don’t agree with?……pfft
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:59amI believe that is the way anarchists and the administration of Obamas chronies-handlers currently work in the world. If you do not like or approve of something, just blow it up, metaphorically or quite literally and take advantage of the chaos to further your own agenda.
Report Post »wesleyapril
Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:08amI know my comments won’t make the board – however, it gives me delight in typing them :) Are those mean ole anarchists up to it again in Italy? And near the Vatican? Wow – those anarchists must be taking pages out of the muslims book – I wonder if the ******* are jealous?
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