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brooklynite

(94,745 posts)
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 04:03 PM Jul 2019

Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis

Source: Reuters

ROME (Reuters) - Italian police have seized a large arsenal of weapons, including an air-to-air missile, in raids on neo-Nazi sympathizers, they said on Monday.

Elite police forces searched properties across northern Italy following an investigation into Italians who had fought alongside Russian-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine, a police statement said.

Three men were arrested, including a customs officer who has previously stood for parliament for an extreme right party.

During their raids, police discovered a French-made Matra air-to-air missile that appeared to have once belonged to the Qatar armed forces. Subsequent checks showed the weapon was in working condition but lacked an explosive charge.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-italy-neonazi-arms-idUSKCN1UA1T0

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Italy seizes air-to-air missile, guns in raids on neo-Nazis (Original Post) brooklynite Jul 2019 OP
obviously avid hunters greenman3610 Jul 2019 #1
Avid "collectors"... Nitram Jul 2019 #13
...and some are good people... jpak Jul 2019 #2
Hey apparently it's your god given right to own a small arsenal of weapons! Initech Jul 2019 #3
If near a school they must arm all the teachers Norbert Jul 2019 #4
Americans are not even dimly aware bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #5
That is correct. paleotn Jul 2019 #6
Nazi memorabilia and weapons moondust Jul 2019 #7
A Customs Officer rpannier Jul 2019 #8
Air to air missile? proActivist Jul 2019 #9
The AP and The Guardian say they were trying to sell it. Eugene Jul 2019 #10
who to? proActivist Jul 2019 #11
And thanks for the link - proActivist Jul 2019 #12

Initech

(100,105 posts)
3. Hey apparently it's your god given right to own a small arsenal of weapons!
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 04:53 PM
Jul 2019

And that includes but is not limited to guns, assault rifles, air to air missiles, F-16s, M80s, rocket launchers, and doomsday devices.




bucolic_frolic

(43,315 posts)
5. Americans are not even dimly aware
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 05:31 PM
Jul 2019

of how all these radical groups are linked by their desire to defeat moderate governments and the USA because they block them from seizing power and carrying out their agenda. It's as if a Robert Ludlum novel is coming to life.

rpannier

(24,339 posts)
8. A Customs Officer
Mon Jul 15, 2019, 07:53 PM
Jul 2019

Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside knowing that
It does explain how they got some of their stuff into the country though

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