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Troops struggle to stop Camorra mafia violence in Campania, Italy
« on: October 09, 2008, 04:42:45 AM »



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The red berets, drawn from the equivalent of Britain's Parachute Regiment, are manning road blocks and patrolling the streets in a cluster of mafia-controlled towns on the outskirts of Naples.

The region, in the shadow of Mt Vesuvius, has Europe's highest murder rate. The government ordered the troops on to the streets, along with 400 extra police, after the Camorra mafia gunned down six African immigrant workers in what police suspect was part of a turf war over drug dealing.

The attack, on Sept 18, was one of the bloodiest in years, the latest chapter in a decades-long reign of terror conducted by the Camorra, the Neapolitan cousin of Sicily's Cosa Nostra mafia.

The organisation's iron grip on the blighted southern region of Campania is told in gripping detail by an award-winning film, Gomorrah, which opens in UK cinemas on Friday.

The deployment of the heavily armed soldiers, among them veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan, was hailed by the government of prime minister Silvio Berlusconi as evidence that it was no longer prepared to tolerate the Camorra's murderous rule. ...
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A short review of the movie is here

The book was good so I'm hoping the movie will be worth seeing also.
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Re: Troops struggle to stop Camorra mafia violence in Campania, Italy
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2008, 12:20:07 PM »
And the DUmp twists this into a "take over" by Bu$hco and Blackwater in 3....2.....1
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"Practice random violence and senseless acts of brutality"

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Re: Troops struggle to stop Camorra mafia violence in Campania, Italy
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2008, 12:21:27 PM »
Quote from: Wineslob on October 09, 2008, 12:20:07 PM
And the DUmp twists this into a "take over" by Bu$hco and Blackwater in 3....2.....1
It's marshall ...er... marital ... I mean martial law!!!11!!
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