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Wikileaks, new files on Italy

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Wikileaks, new files on Italy
"Politicians do not fight mafia"

Skepticism on also Strait Bridge: "There are roads." Revelations on Afghanistan: the provinces under Italian control were targeted by Taliban rockets. Some terrorist groups have operated under the directives of the Iranian government

Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks

ROME - From Afghanistan to mafia, new sensational revelations about Italy from the files of Wikileaks.

Poor effort against the Mafia. "Although business associations, citizen groups and the Church, at least in some areas, are showing promising commitment to the fight against organized crime, the same can not be said of Italian politicians, particularly at the national level," writes J. Patrick Truhn, U.S. Consul General in Naples, in a dispatch of June 2008. "As we were reminded Roberto Saviano, the theme (the struggle against organized crime, ed) was virtually absent from the electoral campaign of March-April" continues Truhn. The diplomat suggested to Washington to "work to make this the new government that the fight against organized crime is a major priority of the U.S. government, and that the dramatic economic costs of crime are a convincing argument for immediate action."

The meeting with the writer. "" Those who fight against the Mafia -
emphasizes the console - need to be considered as the real thing. Saviano It may well be on this road. "The writer in fact," appears regularly in print and broadcast media as an authority not for people, but - and it is more important - as a compass for those who are willing to listen. " Finally, the dispatch reports

a meeting between the diplomat and writer. "When asked how the U.S. government, beyond the judicial cooperation, could better support the fight against organized crime, Saviano, in April, replied: 'Just talking about the issue, given the credibility' that the rest the world, including Italian, can not ignore. "

The Bridge on the Strait like the Mafia. The bridge over the Strait "will serve to little without massive investments in roads and infrastructure in Sicily and Calabria. And the Mafia could be the first beneficiary of this work, we are talking about for decades. The bridge could be a gold mine for criminals, "said Truhn, analyzing the situation in Sicily, after a clash between political Raffaele Lombardo and" the party of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. "The" grandstanding "(theater) policy has" blocked a transaction Drilling for gas last year and threatens to postpone a major satellite communications system of the U.S. Navy. "

Alarm 'Ndrangheta. " If it were not part of Calabria, Italy, would be a failed state. The 'Ndrangheta controls in fact, "large parts of its territory and its economy." "Loiero (former regional president Ed) was not able to offer no solution to the difficulties the region. When he was asked how he imagined use about 14 million euro that the EU had earmarked for Calabria, gave a vague answer and changed the subject. "

Priests" heroic ". " The Church Catholic has been criticized for not taking a strong public stand against organized crime. One of the few priests who did it, Father Luigi Merola, is now under guard, as the bishop of Piazza Armerina Michele Pennisi, "writes Truhn, suggests that in Washington" to seek cooperation in the Vatican. "

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The Bridge on the Strait is not necessary. The bridge over the Strait "will serve to little without massive investments in roads and infrastructure in Sicily and Calabria," writes J. Patick Truhn, U.S. Consul General in Naples, in a dispatch of June 2009 which analyzes the situation in Sicily, after a clash between political Raffaele Lombardo and "the party of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi." The "grandstanding" (theater) policy has "blocked a drilling operation for gas last year and threatens to postpone a major satellite communications system of the U.S. Navy."


Afghanistan, 2007. Iran missiles were pointed at targets in the Afghan provinces under Italian command, Herat and Farah. Among the targets also the Farah PRT is run by the Americans. In the new file Wikileaks states: "The Iranians said they had pointed their missiles at targets because they expect a U.S. attack against the Islamic Republic." From

dispatches also found that some Taliban groups "operating under directives issued by the Iranian government" and not only that: "The Iranian government has deployed troops along the border with Ghoryan district in Herat province," reads the file, " and plans to offer support to the insurgents. "

files. The U.S. military dispatch dated June 24, 2009 you can read that: "The group of Taliban Gholam Yahya Akbary (GYA) is in possession of some Iranian rockets and mines under pressure to launch attacks in the district of Ghozareh, south of Herat. The group has received all the equipment and funding from Iran, and demonstrates its activities to the Islamic Republic, even shooting rockets and grenades at Camp Arena and other objectives. "In July 2009, suicide bombers came from Iran and Pakistan" and "coordinated by leading figures in Iranian intelligence" planned suicide attacks in Herat.

In another file, dated August 2009, relates that the GYA has received financial support from a senior Iranian intelligence officer, and plans attacks against the city and the airport in Herat after the elections. "Dispatches from the news confirmed: in those weeks were counted at least two rounds of rockets attacks against Camp Arena, fortunately without causing casualties or damage.

Taliban and weapons. In other files, you outline the training activities of the Taliban and the assembly of the use of deadly IED. In a despatch of September 2009 refers to "you are very powerful anti-tank mines received from Iran," the Taliban "used against coalition forces or international prominent members of the Afghan police."