Italy warns of terror attack

2004-09-09 19:49

Rome - The chair of the Italian parliamentary committee overseeing the secret service, Enzo Bianco, warned in remarks published on Thursday that the country faced "an immediate and concrete threat" of terrorist attack within two weeks.

The daily Repubblica quoted him as saying "the next two weeks are going to be very difficult".

He refused to elaborate, but said "if I did not have the details, I would not say anything".

Bianco dismissed suggestions that he was "crying wolf", and noted that he had been "the first to criticise the government" when it issued warnings before Christmas of an imminent terrorist attack which never materialised.

"I take responsibility for what I say and when I say it," he said. - Sapa-AFP

- SAPA