Neo-Fascist Group Busted in Italy Was Planning Holiday Attacks on Migrants and Magistrates

[Jesus Malverde]

Source: Vice

Italian police have busted a group of far-right aspiring terrorists who were planning attacks — some over the holidays — on politicians, police, magistrates, and migrants.

Fourteen people were arrested and 48 more placed under investigation across the country in connection with the plot — all members of a neo-fascist movement that called itself "the New Order Vanguard." This group is modeled on the far-right New Order movement, which was behind widespread political violence in Italy for decades, especially in the 1970s, and inspired a series of radical followers.

Members of the New Order Vanguard were charged with attempted terrorism, attempted subversion of democracy, and instigating racial violence — much of which they did over Facebook.

The crackdown on the new group — headed by 48-year-old Stefano Manni, a former cop with a long history of disseminating racist propaganda — came after 18 months of investigation by police, dubbed "Operation Black Eagle," which included wiretaps and undercover cops infiltrating the movement.

Read more: https://news.vice.com/article/neo-fascist-group-busted-in-italy-was-planning-holiday-attacks-on-migrants-and-magistrates?utm_source=vicenewstwitter

[inanna]

1. Also reported by the Associated Press/NY Times:

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2014/12/22/world/europe/ap-eu-italy-neo-fascist-plot.html?_r=0

[Jesus Malverde]

3. Thanks for the link.

[inanna]

4. ...

[JustAnotherGen]

7. We've had Italy discussions before

See my post down thread. What do you think? Think the Mayor is on the list but they didn't publish it?

[inanna]

9. I think it's likely.

Read something recently about the Mayor "reconsidering" his security detail....

I'll try to find a link.

[delrem]

2. compare:

Germany anti-Islam protests: 17,000 march on Dresden against 'Islamification of the West'

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-antiislam-protests-17000-march-on-dresden-against-islamification-of-the-west-9941656.html

17,000.

Some folk might think that events like this show reason why our better leaders, or those who want to be thought of as such, ought to tone down their rhetoric.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. The names on the list . . .

Napolitano, Kyenge, polticians moving without body guards! and the Rome subway system?

I'd bet my eye teeth that they were going to go after the Mayor of Rome. Rides to work on his bicycle, refuses guards - feels its a waste of tax payer dollars. Zero tolerance for nonsense ie various organized crime organizations, graft, went after cops playing mafia games, contracts that are payola, racism, prejudice, bigotry . . .

The only thing working for the Fed Gov there is the military and national police are quickly becoming filled with Calabrese - they don't like Northerners, their 'politic' their xenophobism, and fake nationalism. This is foaming at the mouth knuckle dragging mouth breathing Northerners unable to accept that Italy's demographics are returning to what they were during the Roman empire.

[pampango]

6. "Their xenophobism" and "fake nationalism" - a great description of the far-right, not just Italy

but everywhere in Europe and the rest of the world.

[JustAnotherGen]

8. This is my husband

Reading about it on his iPad this morning and yelling (he calls it indoor speaking voice) in Italian.

The 90 year olds need to speak up including his Uncle Nicolo - he's one of the last Senators for life that gets the full benefits - he's "lived" through this. It's shameful.

They are going down a dangerous path.

And blowing up the Rome subway system?


Beni made the trains run on time - this is in direct opposition to what he believed the role of government was.