Word: moro
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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ROME, Italy--Anti-terror specialists Wednesday night captured Red Brigade leader Corrado Alunni, wanted in connection with 12 murders, including the recent killings of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro and his five bodyguards...
TERRORISM After terrorists kidnaped Christian Demo cratic Leader Aldo Moro earlier this year, Cardinal Luciani told a newspaper that "the negation of God" was at the root of social distress. "Tear God out of man's heart? Tell children that sin is only a fairy tale invented by their grandparents to make them behave? Print school textbooks that ignore God and deride authority? Then don't become amazed at what's happening. It's already an effort for those who believe in God to remain honest. Just imagine how it is if one no longer believes...
...West German automobile license plates, found in the same hideout, were not listed as stolen in either West Germany or Italy, and thus presumably were taken directly to Rome. (Italian license plates belonging to the cars used in the Moro attack were found at the same time...
...satchel used to conceal weapons in the Moro kidnaping was found at the scene. It was a German-made case of a type not normally exported to Italy...
West German police tend to discount the theory of a connection between the Schleyer and Moro cases, though they do not rule out the possibility that the two terrorist groups may have ties. Italian investigators think there is more to it than that. Following the return of two investigating magistrates who cross-checked their evidence in West Germany, Italian authorities now believe that the accumulated clues indicate the direct participation or at least the active support of German organizations in the Moro affair. The Italians are working on the hypothesis, moreover, that the ten-to twelve-man hit team that...