BBC breaking: Italian fighters intercept small plane over Rome

No link yet, said on BBC News24 it's been forced to land and had a bomb on board.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4425631.stm

edit to add link, which just says there might have been a bomb on board.

I can smell it from here.

Italians are disowning "Il Duce" #2.

Berlusconi 'Massacred' in Regional Elections
By Robin Pomeroy and Gavin Jones

ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi suffereda stinging defeat at Italian regional elections, partialresults showed on Monday, a huge boost for center-left leaderRomano Prodi's hopes of unseating him next year.

Berlusconi's center-right coalition appeared to have lost11 of the 13 regions at stake, only sure of maintainingLombardy and Veneto -- both in its stronghold in northernItaly.

Prodi, who had said he would be satisfied by winning justone new seat, was delighted by his landslide victory.

"Today we have easily won in terms of the number of votesand the number of regions," he told a news conference.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5656258&cKey=1112650519000

Jets force plane down near Rome

Italian military jets have intercepted a plane flying over the capital Rome where world leaders had gathered for the funeral of Pope John Paul II.

Two F-16s forced the aircraft - heading to the city's Ciampino airport - towards a local airport, Italian news agencies said.

There might have been a bomb on the plane, intelligence and military sources said.

A massive security operation has been under way all day around the capital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4425631.stm

AN AGGRIEVED Osama, flying in a bit late for the JP2 funeralfest?

too :)

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Good one, SoCalDem! Made my day here!

marshmallowy goodness

the "new" chicks remind me of the Concorde:)

I'm sure the Pope's funeral (especially with Bush in attendance) would be a target any Islamic fundie terrorist would want to hit.

But even if a suicide bomber in a small plane were able to get so close (not likely), why would they then let jets force them to land? Why not just attempt to crash it?

The late Pope reached out to other faiths as none previously. (At least, in recent centuries.)

And the Crusades happened a LONG time ago....

Oh no, that couldn't be the reason. Islamic jihadists ONLY hate Bush and no one else. All of the attacks they've carried out worldwide have solely been fueled by their hatred for Bush, right?

I remember how the Middle East was a paradise filled with love and democracy until January 2001.

We're not talking moderate Muslims here. We're talking terrorists (allegedly). I think they'd find the pope's funeral a tremendously symbolic target, even without Bush.

And as far as the Crusades happenning a LONG time ago... well, the Muslim world has a VERY LONG memory.

Bush ratings down, small craft with bomb flies over Rome where Bushco sits..............yep its a set up.

Left of Cool

columbus. I'm a professional musician, and I can tell you this, from a musical standpoint they are the best in the world at what they do.

Have you bought "Live at the Quick" yet?

Victor is coming here on Monday to play a show. Should be cool./

Their shows are unique and always fun. Live at the Quick is great. Can't wait for the new CD next year.

"There might have been a bomb on the plane, intelligence and military sources said."

might being the operative word . . .

Just that there might have been.

Now it's reported there was no bomb on board... heh, nevermind. :D

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=139265560&p=y39z66z66

The usual progression for a story like this

in a mall parking lot while she went to work. Someone called the police, one of whom was quoted as saying that it was it was kind of car where the child "could have crawled into the trunk area." So of course the story went out that the child had been locked IN the trunk!

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rocknation

The esteemed governor of Kentucky pulled the same stunt at *'s coronation.

"There were fears a bomb may have been on board, but no explosives were found after the jet was inspected on landing."