Berlusconi. Any chance of him doing time?

[butchersapron]

Britni & Candi.

I suspect it might have been a bit more threatening than that...

 

[rekil]

Students in the streets again today. Kicking off a bit according to La Repubblica.

 

[chilango]

Shit.

I let you know if I see/hear anything in Milan this afternoon/evening.

 

[rekil]

Shit.

I let you know if I see/hear anything in Milan this afternoon/evening.

Lotsa fightin' in Rome. Milan demo photos here and liveish updates here. Mind your head.

 

[chilango]

Lotsa fightin' in Rome. Milan demo photos here and liveish updates here. Mind your head.

Cheers for the links.

Probably all be over by the time I get into town.

 

[chilango]

Milan demos are over now for the time being.

 

[rekil]

Fire!

Arse!

Oopsadaisy!

 

[kyser_soze]

Arse!

Extremem low-rider fashion statement!

 

[rekil]

Naughty copper went for his gun.

 

[xes]

 

[rekil]

Lots of undercover coppers milling about at the end there. ^^

My 2nd favourite pic of the day after the arse one.

 

[Raid89]

hey everybody. dis is my firt post on this forum

im 21 years old italian male and i live in brixton

my contribute:

check out http://www.globalproject.info for more video & photo

 

[kyser_soze]

Italian police & rioters showing the UK how it should be done.

 

[rekil]

hey everybody. dis is my firt post on this forum

im 21 years old italian male and i live in brixton

Hello. Can you tell us what's going on here in this video on La Repubblica's site? I 'think' they're saying the highlighted guy is an undercover cop or something. He's got cuffs. He says he's underage when the police are taking him away then the chief cop says let him go?

 

[Raid89]

Hello. Can you tell us what's going on here in this video on La Repubblica's site? I 'think' they're saying the highlighted guy is an undercover cop or something. He's got cuffs. He says he's underage when the police are taking him away then the chief cop says let him go?

In that video the subtitles say:

ITA - Sono minorenne, sono minorenne

ENG - I'm underage, I'm underage

but the audio (very confused due the noise) says:

I'm underage, I'm a colleague

To be honest with you, it's very difficult to understand and I cannot be 100% sure about the audio (but at the least 70%).

Today was relased the official truth:

The police declare they identified that guy as a 16 years old protester and son of a member of red brigades. Police said he stole the handcuff from an officer. End of the story.


So we have a range of possibilities:

1- The guy is a protester who stole the tools from an officer

2- The guy is an undercover cop. In this case I'm not surprised because it's quite common in all the important protests. This is why "the movement" don't take care about what happened in that video.

3- That guy is a fascist who was helping the police. Like in this video:

 

[rekil]

Thanks for that. He's in this footage a bit at 2:00. Since he was hanging about a copper who got a very bad beating I thought he might get similar treatment to the guy at 4:10.

 

[rekil]

3- That guy is a fascist who was helping the police. Like in this video:

The guy who was hit is 15. And see the fascist salute at 0:45.

Maurizio Gasparri, PDL's senate head and former MSI/AN geezer has called for preventative arrests, another "April 7th", referring to the day in 1979 when Antonio Negri and other Workers Autonomy people were rounded up and arrested. Good luck with that you horrible little man.

 

[rekil]

Students out again on the streets yesterday. Roads blocked in Rome. Scuffles in Palermo.

Bombs at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome today.

 

[rekil]

Another bomb sent to the Greek embassy, and a hoax sent to the Venezuelan one. Skulduggery afoot?

There's a list of reports, photos and videos of actions over the last month here.

 

[mauvais]

Fire!

That's an Alfa

Probably nowt to do with the riots

 

[rekil]

That's an Alfa

Probably nowt to do with the riots

Italian coppers use them a lot I think.

 

[mauvais]

Look at that mess. Call the whole thing off

 

[rekil]

Look at that mess. Call the whole thing off

The wee Fiat panda (?) was alright. If you think that's bad, how about the 30 kilos of poo dumped at Bologna's PDL office door. It won't clean itself up y'know.

 

[rekil]

Magistrates investigating a smear campaign against the Italian Prime Minister's bitterest political rival have questioned the editor of a pro-Berlusconi newspaper.

Milan prosecutors summoned the editor of Libero, Maurizio Belpietro, over allegations in his newspaper that the parliamentary Speaker and former Berlusconi ally Gianfranco Fini planned to revive his political fortunes with false claims of an attack on his life in April, which he would then blame on the Prime Minister.

Meanwhile, the fate of Mr Berlusconi's government, reduced to lame-duck status by the rebellion of Mr Fini and around 30 Fli members, looked more uncertain than ever last night, after the premier's most important ally, Northern League leader Umberto Bossi, repeated his assertion that Mr Berlusconi's single-figure parliamentary majority meant spring elections were inevitable. Two "large firecrackers" exploded outside the offices of the Northern League, close to Mr Bossi's home in the north-eastern town of Gemonio. The early morning blasts shattered windows but there were no casualties. The word "Antifa" – an antifascist slogan – was sprayed onto the offices of the anti-immigration party.

Political pundit Professor James Walston of the American University in Rome said it was "in the government's interests to maintain a certain level of tension". "This allows it to claim the country is facing an urgent situation and gives it more authority," he said.

 

[Fedayn]

Berlusconi suffers trial setback as judges amend law

talian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has suffered a setback after judges amended a law shielding him from prosecution temporarily.

A Constitutional Court meeting in Rome ruled that individual judges should be allowed to decide whether a prime minister could be tried in office.

The 15 judges found that some points of the law passed last year were not consistent with the constitution.

 

[The Octagon]

Berlusconi in more hot water over teenage dancer

The man's made out of teflon surely?

 

[creak]

This could do it?

Silvio Berlusconi investigated in teenage prostitution case

Silvio Berlusconi has been formally placed under investigation on suspicion of paying for sex with a 17-year old girl, according to a statement issued today by prosecutors in Milan.

He was further accused of abusing his position as Italy's prime minister by bringing pressure to bear on the police to cover up his alleged relationship with the girl, who was working as a prostitute. The two alleged offences carry sentences totalling 15 years in jail.

 

[Giles]

I'm quite impressed that old Silvio (aged 75) still has it in him to be shagging teenage girls.

Giles..

 

[Fingers]

it's a few years old but I think most of it will still hold true

I have read this recently, it is a good book and mostly still holds true.

 

[elbows]

The story refuses to die, a 2nd 17 year old has now entered the picture:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12295615