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Italian Govt Exceeds 'Nazi Oppression' in Prelude to Genoa |
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by Frances Kennedy
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Address: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/europe/story.jsp?story=83570 |
15 Jul 2001
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"They have turned the city into a war zone. I lived here under the Nazis as a young resistance fighter. Then there was a curfew, but there was never this oppressive militarised situation," says Don Andrea Gallo, an outspoken local priest who backs the anti-capitalist cause.
Past efforts to keep pirates and Saracens at bay mean that the port of Genoa, which will be closed, should be impenetrable. In case it's not, a US warship will be anchored there. Most world leaders will be housed aboard the European Vision, a luxury liner with 783 cabins." |
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