The prosecutor indicated that wiretaps provided strong suspicions about the 18 men. Two of them had been bodyguards for Osama bin Laden.
The plans involved a bomb attack on the Vatican and sending a suicide bomber there, as well. It is believed that the suicide bomber is no longer in Italy.
This same group of terrorists is believed to have been responsible for an earlier attack in Peshawar, Pakistan. In 2009, they had attacked a market place there, which resulted in more than 100 deaths.
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Source: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2015/04/24/italian-police-make-several-arrests-in-anti-terror-sweep/
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