Italy takes al Qaeda’s Pope threat seriously

    Security officials in Italy are treating Osama’ bin Laden’s new accusations against Pope Benedict very seriously. An interior minister spokesperson said that security and anti-terrorism officials plan to meet and examine the taped message, in which the Al Qaeda leader said that offending cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were part of a new crusade involving the Pope. The accusations are absolutely unfounded said the pope’s chief spokesperson, Reverend Federico Lombardi. While Bin Laden did not specify any action or target, Italian security is concerned, the Vatican has no plans for altering security that is already in place for public events leading up to Easter.

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