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To: SirRealist who wrote (19927)	2/25/2002 1:10:12 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Well, SR, would AP be a better source for you? New Terror Evidence Found in Italy Here is what AP has to say about 2 hours ago....However, the FBI (little ticker running at the bottom of CNN) denies the story.... New Terror Evidence Found in Italy .c The Associated Press ROME (AP) - U.S. officials were briefed Monday on the discovery of holes in the walls of a utility tunnel near the U.S. Embassy in Rome that might be linked to a group of Moroccan men suspected of planning an attack on the embassy. Eight Moroccans were picked up in a police raid last week that also turned up nine pounds of a cyanide-based compound, firecrackers and maps of Rome highlighting the U.S. Embassy and the capital's water supply. A ninth turned himself in over the weekend in southern Reggio Calabria. Italian news reports said the hole was in a tunnel running along Via Boncompagni, which is adjacent to the embassy. The hole was not there in mid-January, the last time authorized work was carried out, according to the reports. The tunnel carries pipelines for Rome's water, electricity, phone and gas. The hole was discovered last Wednesday, the day after most of the Moroccans were arrested. Police refused comment Monday. In an initial appearance before a judge Sunday, the suspects denied being part of a terrorist group and said they didn't know how the compound got into their apartment. The suspects were ordered held on charges of subversive association. Defense attorney Domenico Martelli said Monday that he would appeal the judge's order. He said the firecrackers were left over from a New Year's celebration. Potassium ferrocyanide is a compound that includes small quantities of cyanide, a deadly poison. Officials are trying to determine whether it could have been used to make an explosive or dangerous gas. Luciano Caprino, an expert in pharmacology at Rome's La Sapienza University, said potassium ferrocyanide itself is not toxic, ``but if heated up to about 932 F, it can emit hydrocyanic acid, which is highly toxic.'' ``Depending on its density in a room, this gas could kill in a few minutes,'' he added. AP-NY-02-25-02 0958EST Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL.