Fwd: Lettera di avvertimento dell'Ambasciata USA per manifestazione 17.02 a Vicenza

[Comitato Paul Rougeau - RM <prougeau at tiscali.it>]

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> Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2007 20:13:12 +0100
> Subject: Lettera di avvertimento dell'Ambasciata USA per manifestazione
>         17.02 a Vicenza
> From: John Gilbert <gilbert at fol.it>
> To: Progressisti Firenze2 <gilbert at fol.it>
>
>
> Dopo la controversa lettera al governo italiano firmata dall'ambasciatore
> usa e di altri 5 ambasciatori per chiedere la continuazione della
> partecipazione italiana alla guerra in Afghanistan, adesso l'Ambasciata usa
> ha inviato una lettera (allegata) ai cittadini statunitensi in Italia per
> avvertirli di "una grande  protesta anti-USA organizzata per il 17 febbraio
> 2007 a Vicenza in Italia. (...) I cittadini usa sono consigliati a evitare
> il centro e la base militare di Vicenza dal 16 febbraio 2007 al 18 febbraio
> 2007 per evitare la possibilità di diventare bersagli per manifestanti
> anti-usa."
> Speriamo di essere tanti a Vicenza il 17.02 come eravamo in tanti, centinaia
> di migliaia di persone, il 27 gennaio a Washington e in altre città usa per
> dire no alla politica di guerra e di occupazione delle autorità usa, e per
> dire no alla nuova base usa a Vicenza.
>
> John Gilbert
> p. Statunitensi contro la guerra (Firenze)
>
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>
> "US Citizens, Rome" <USCitizensRome at state.gov> wrote:
> Subject: Vicenza Warden Message
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2007 17:20:48 +0100
> From: "US Citizens, Rome" <USCitizensRome at state.gov>
>
>
>    Anti-U.S. Protest Planned in Vicenza on February 17, 2007
>
>    According to local authorities, a major anti-U.S. protest is
> planned for February 17, 2007 in Vicenza, Italy.   The protest is
> planned in response to the Italian government’s recent approval of an
> expanded U.S. military base in Vicenza, a city in northeast Italy.
> Law enforcement authorities estimate that 70,000 (seventy-thousand)
> participants, from a number of groups opposed to the base expansion,
> are possible.   Although violence is not expected, some of the groups
> who may participate in the protest have been disruptive in the past.
> While the protesters have called for nation-wide demonstrations in
> support of their action in Vicenza, authorities cannot estimate the
> likelihood or extent of protests outside of the Vicenza area.
>
>    To date, there is no projected route for the demonstration, but
> there will likely be traffic flow disruptions, significant police
> activity, and impassable roadways in and around Vicenza’s congested
> town center and at the military base areas.
>
>    U.S. citizens are advised to avoid Vicenza’s town center and
> military base areas from February 16, 2007 to February 18, 2007 to
> avoid becoming targets of opportunity for anti-U.S. protesters.  U.S.
> citizens should monitor local media for updated information on the
> planned demonstration prior to February 17, 2007.
>    The U.S. Embassy Consular Section in Rome is located at Via
> Vittorio Veneto, 121.  The telephone number is 06-4674-1.  Our website
> is: italy.usembassy.gov
>    U.S. Consulates in Italy are located in:
> MILAN: Via Principe Amedeo, 2/10; telephone number: 02-290-351
> FLORENCE: Lungarno A. Vespucci, 8; telephone number: 055-266-951
> NAPLES: Piazza della Repubblica; telephone number: 081-583-8111
>    U.S. Consular Agents in Italy are located in:
> GENOA: Via Dante, 2
> PALERMO: Via Vaccarini, 1
> VENICE: Marco Polo Airport, General Aviation Terminal, Viale Galileo
> Galilei, 30
>    As the Department continues to develop information on any potential
> security threats to U.S. citizens overseas, it shares credible threat
> information through its Consular Information Program documents,
> available on the Internet at http://travel.state.gov.  In addition to
> information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date
> information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free
> in the U.S. or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at
> 1-202-501-4444.
>
>
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