Carla Bruni-Sarkozy involved in ex-terrorist case

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France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, involved in ex-terrorist case
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PARIS - France's first lady has become personally involved in the case of a former leftist terrorist from Italy, visiting the severely depressed woman in a hospital, the president said Monday.

It was an unusual political foray for France's first lady - a former fashion model known more for her folk music and designer wardrobe than her involvement in political issues.

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visited former Red Brigades member Marina Petrella in a hospital last week to tell her she would not be sent to Italy to serve her life sentence for complicity in the 1991 murder of an Italian police chief, the daily Liberation reported Monday.

"We could not let this woman die," Bruni-Sarkozy was quoted as saying in an interview with the paper. "The situation had become intolerable, dangerous."

Petrella, 54, is formerly a member of the militant left-wing Red Brigades that plagued Italy with attacks in the 1970s and 1980s.

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(http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/10/13/7070496-ap.html)

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Wonder how the French feel if we gave amnesty to Corsican terror groups! She was involved in a serious crime where a police officer lost their life, that is a federal offence in any country. This is very offensive as an Italian and the French shouldnt be making this kind of stupid decision. A crime was committed in Italy, an Italian law enforcer was murdered and the French are offering get out of jail free cards. Does that mean that Italy can offer imunity to anyone killing Frenchmen? International law needs to be respected. Will Bin Laden get Imunity there if he promises not to kill anyone anymore?

Another article on the issue

http://ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-10-13_113292172.html

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she has compassion for a criminal but none for the officer who lost their life in the name of service ?? i'd bet it'd be different if situations were a bit different, Italian woman/French officer.

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Wonder how the French feel if we gave amnesty to Corsican terror groups! She was involved in a serious crime where a police officer lost their life, that is a federal offence in any country. This is very offensive as an Italian and the French shouldnt be making this kind of stupid decision. A crime was committed in Italy, an Italian law enforcer was murdered and the French are offering get out of jail free cards. Does that mean that Italy can offer imunity to anyone killing Frenchmen? International law needs to be respected. Will Bin Laden get Imunity there if he promises not to kill anyone anymore?

Another article on the issue

http://ansa.it/site/notizie/awnplus/english/news/2008-10-13_113292172.html

Hi,
The former red brigade militants refugied in France were actually hostages: they were promised they would live in peace in France as long as they amend themselves and there is no new red brigade activities in Italy. In the time it greatly helped the Italian to defeat the red brigades. All this extradition thing resumed when a bunch of nuts calling themselves red brigade tried to restart some terror activities in Italy a few years ago. So some got extradited but lets not over do it: as much as I despise the brainless leftestist that defend those former terrorists, I think there is no sympathie for terrorism at french state level so better let them deal with it even if we don't understand everything.