- Gaetano Saya
Gaetano Saya (
Messina, Italy , 1956) is afar right Italian politician, leader of theNational Right neo-fascist party.Saya has claimed he was a former member of Gladio,
NATO 'sstay-behind anti-Communist network during theCold War , involved in Italy'sstrategy of tension during the "Years of Lead."Gaetano Saya was charged in November 2004 of white supremacist
hate speech diffused through his party's website.He was arrested in 2005 by the prosecutor of
Genova on charges of having constituted a "parallel police," named DSSA (Department of Anti-terrorism Strategic Studies) cite news | title=Police arrests two 'terror vigilantes' | publisher=The Times | date=2005-07-02 | url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1678118,00.html ] . According to judicial sources, "Il Messaggero ", quoted by "The Independent ", declared that wiretaps suggested DSSA members had been planning to kidnap Cesare Battisti, former member of theArmed Proletarians for Communism (PAC). [ cite news | title=Up to 200 Italian police 'ran parallel anti-terror force' | publisher=The Independent | date=2005-07-05 | url=http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article296897.ece (URL accessed on January 22, 2007) ]References
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