Al Qaeda Plot To Bomb The Vatican Uncovered

Daily Mail: Italian police hunting Osama Bin Laden's former bodyguards and 16 other Pakistani extremists reveal Al Qaeda militants plotted terror attack on the Vatican

* Ongoing terror raids have largely focused on the Italian island of Sardinia
* Jihadis are suspected of plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan
* Two of them are thought to have previously worked for late Al Qaeda leader
* Investigators have also linked terror cell to planned attack on the Vatican
* Suicide bomber arrived in Rome in 2010 but mysteriously left shortly after

Islamic extremists suspected of killing more than 100 people by bombing a Pakistani market also planned an attack against the Vatican in 2010 that was never carried out, Italian prosecutors say.

Wiretaps collected as part of investigation into an Islamic terror network operating in Italy gave 'signals of some preparation for a possible attack' in the Vatican City, Mauro Mura revealed.

More News On Reports That An Al Qaeda Plot Targeting The Vatican Has Been Uncovered

Suspected Al-Qaeda militants arrested in Italy for Vatican plot -- Reuters
Al-Qaeda cell planned suicide attack on Vatican -- USA Today
Italy Targets Al Qaeda-Inspired Network Plotting Attacks On Vatican, US Forces In Afghanistan -- IBTimes
Italian police round up terror suspects in failed Vatican plot, deadly Pakistan attack -- FOX News
Italy terror sweep: Alleged Al Qaeda cell said to have targeted Vatican -- CSM
Italy Targets Terrorists in Sweeping Police Raids -- VOA
Italian authorities say suspects planned Vatican attack -- Al Jazeera
Bin Laden-linked terror cell planned Vatican attack – prosecutor -- RT
Bin Laden Aides Plotted Attack on Vatican from Old U.S. Navy Base -- Daily Beast

Islamic extremists planned 'kamikaze' attack at the Vatican -- Mashable