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According to our sources
the raid was carried out as an 'article 41' , which enables a
search to be carried out WITHOUT a warrant
Please let me know if  anyone has informaiton to the contrary

Here is our account, based on press reports

repubblica.it
lastampa.it

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G8 Security Concerted Violence to Justify Repression
 

Non violent protesters have been framed, weapons planted in the press
office, the press is lied to, intellectuals call 'abuse of power'. 


22 July 2001 2 pm GMT 



Last night, a commando of security forces 
raided a school in Genoa, in the press room of the Genoa Social Forum 

The raid was carried out without a 
magistrate mandate, on the basis of police suspicion. 

Two incendiary bottles were found, knives and other weapons including
hammers, iron bars, - not fire arms - and the motive for the raid was
'delinquet association to the aim of devastation and robbery'. 

92 people were arrested, of which only 15 italians, and 66 wounded. 

They also seized cameras and other media equipment. 

The police showed the bounty to journalists this morning, as if to justify
their action, but refused to answer any questions attempting to explore and
shed light on 
some dubious dynamics of the action. 

The press insisted that certain aspects of the operation needed
clarification, but the forces refused to comment 

Prominent intellectuals, including film directors Citto Maselli, and other
media professionals including Ricky Tognazzi, Ettore Scola e Franco
Giraldi, expressed to the Newspaper La Repubblica serious doubts about the
legitimacy of the blitz: "What has happened resembles the abuse of police
power typical of south American dictatorships They just wanted to have the
last word, give their lesson 
We are shocked and very worried," 

Film director Maselli managed to get into the raid scene and filmed about 
what was left, devastation and blood everywhere. 

"Black Block activists were able to stir up violence without being
interrupted by the forces because they were part of a concerted action
aimed to stir up violence" cries Don Vitaliano della Sala, head of the
local parish later backed by Luca Casarini, leader of the peaceful
protesters: "We have the evidence" he says "Evidence that black block and
the paramilitary are working together" 

tell the observers to the newspaper La Repubblica. 

The antiglobalisation protesters claim to have photographic evidence that
the 'black block' and the paramilitary worked together, some came straight
out of the barracks dress up in black and carrying iron bars. 

"I have seen some of the black block members, with their 
faces covered up coming out of a police van. That's the only way we can
explain the fact that thousands of cops did not manage to stop a handful of
violent protesters. Yesterday they mixed themselves up with the crowd and
stared throwing stones so that the police could justify firing back into
the crowd. Today we did not fall the trick, and we spotted them" 

A member of parliament in Venice, Beppe Caccia, claims to have photographs
too: ”The forces supplied the incendiary bottles. Analyzing the dynamics of
the riot, we can easily demonstrate how the provoking agents were planted
to stir up the havock”. 



www.repubblica.it
 



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