Germans held in Kosovo over blast

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Source: Yahoo




The EU's International Civilian Office in Pristina, 14 November 2008

A Kosovan judge has ordered three Germans suspected of throwing an explosive device at the EU headquarters in Pristina to be held for 30 days.

The three reportedly deny involvement in the attack on 14 November, saying they were detained while investigating it themselves.

Windows in the glass-fronted building were shattered but nobody was hurt.

German and Kosovo media report that the men are German intelligence agents but officials in Berlin refuse to comment.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7744535.stm

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Is this a terrible mistake or do I smell GLADIO about.

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1. GLADIO?? Oh, you mean this?

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Gladio (Italian: sword) is a code name denoting the clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy after World War II, intended to counter an eventual Warsaw Pact invasion of Western Europe. Although Gladio specifically refers to the Italian branch of the NATO stay-behind organisations, "Operation Gladio" is used as an informal name for all stay-behind organisations, sometimes called "Super NATO".<1>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gladio

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2. It was never used for its intended purpose.

The stay-behind part was just cover for action. It was used to perpetrate right-wing terrorist actions against the civilian population, disguised as leftist terrorism to justify repressive government programs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bologna_Central_Station

Terrorism

On August 2, 1980 at 10.25 am, an improvised explosive device (IED) made with 20 kilograms of a TNT mixture, detonated inside Bologna's main train station. The IED was contained in a suitcase, which was placed near the wall inside a waiting lobby. The explosion killed 85 people and injured more than 200. The wing of the station in which the bomb detonated has been reconstructed but, as a testimony to the victims of the attack, the original pavement was maintained as well as a deep crack in the main wall. Moreover, the station main clock is forever stopped at the exact time of the explosion. The attack is also known in Italy as the Strage di Bologna, the Bologna massacre.

The Italian government immediately accused the Italian based militant group Red Brigades for the attack, however this was denied by the group, and no one ever claimed responsibility. Over the years, official investigation has determined that the attack was probably carried out by a small Neo-Fascist group. Many conspiracy theories regarding this event have been entertained, including a link between this act of terrorism and the Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 disaster.

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This was probably the most spectacular but there were many others.