If you see armed soldiers on the streets in Italian cities....

[Susan-M]

Here's the reason why: http://www.ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-07-29_129207660.html

[Moondawgie]

What are they looking for? Pickpockets? Terrorists? What?

[Susan-M]

What are they looking for? Pickpockets? Terrorists? What?

Tourists eating on the Spanish Steps or in Piazza Navona.:rolleyes: http://www.thestar.com/News/World/article/461869

Roma Gypsies who haven't been fingerprinted and identified yet.:confused: http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2304675941

 

Some strange news from Italy recently in their 'crackdown on crime' ... but, according to the article in my link above, solders are in place for more serious threats.