"A message signed in blood to the Nation of the Cross", this is the title of the new video released by the Islamic State. The video shows the beheading of 21 Coptic Egyptians in Libya and contains threats to our country: “First you saw us on a hill in Syria. Today we are south of Rome… in Libya”.
Furthermore, yesterday the official radio of the Islamic State, al-Bayan, quoted Italy for the first time, reporting the statements on Libya by Paolo Gentiloni, described as "the foreign minister of crusading Italy" for having declared that our country is ready to do its part should the United Nations decide to act in the North African country.
Meanwhile, the Italian embassy in Tripoli - the only European one still open after the escape last August - was eventually forced to close "temporarily" and to start the repatriation by ship, via Malta, of the few remaining Italians. A decision "made necessary by the deterioration of the situation", explained Gentiloni. On Thursday, the minister will report to Parliament to start a debate on Italy's possible participation in an international intervention "within the UN framework".
The defense number one is even more decisive: Roberta Pinotti let it be known that Italy is ready to lead a coalition of European and North African countries and to contribute more than 5 men. An idea that finds the support of the leader of Forza Italia, Silvio Berlusconi.
After letting the demanding statements of his ministers slide in recent days, the premier Matteo Renzi he entrusted the braking to an informal note, letting it be known that “in Libya there is a need for responsibility and not for leaps forward. The priority is to double the UN efforts in political and diplomatic initiatives and on this same terrain, not the military one, Italy is ready to assume its responsibilities. Calm and chalk”.
