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...evening of Dec. 17, 1981, Red Brigades terrorists kidnaped Brigadier General James Dozier, 50, the highest-ranking U.S. officer in NATO's southern Europe command, from his home in Verona. The abduction triggered the largest man hunt in Italy's history. Forty-two days later, Italian commandos stormed an apartment in Padua and freed the American general. It was a stunning piece of police work that won praise from around the world; it also marked the beginning of the end for the notorious terrorist group. But the full story of how the authorities found Dozier has never been...
Such missteps are rare. The bulk of the show-bulky indeed at three and a quarters' hours running time-is authoritative despite a setting and idiom which differ emphatically from the Shakespearean, the modern, or anything yet between the two. This Verona, though at times unsubtle suburban in tone, also glitters with an extra vagina sense of the exotic...
Police with submachine guns ringed Verona's 12th century Palazzo della Ragione while helicopters whirred overhead and sharpshooters kept a vigil from nearby rooftops. Inside, seven of the 16 Red Brigades terrorists accused of kidnaping U.S. Brigadier General James L. Dozier awaited the first day of their trial in two adjoining steel cages. In one were the duri (hard-liners), who have stubbornly maintained their silence during interrogation. In the other, for their own protection as much as anything else, were the pentiti (repentant ones), whose surprising willingness to betray their comrades has given Italian authorities reason to believe...
Italian authorities are also heartened that the number of terrorist acts has dropped sharply since the beginning of this year. Still, no one is taking any chances. As Dozier returned to his desk at the headquarters of NATO'S Southern Europe land forces in Verona last week, he admitted that he had "learned his lesson" and promised to take adequate precautions for his safety...
After Dozier completes several days of debriefings with U.S. officials in Washington this week, the Pentagon will have to decide whether he will return to his NATO assignment in Verona. Italian authorities believe he is still a prime target for a Red Brigades assassination attempt. Though Dozier would like to return, he admits his presence might create problems. For now, he is content to take a well-earned two-week leave. Confessed the soldier turned hero in a moment of candor: "I've been on a treadmill...