Italy Arrests 142 InTerror Sweep

The Associated Press reports that Italian police arrested 142 people in a two-day anti-terrorism security sweep around Milan:

Some 2,000 carabinieri paramilitary police fanned out across the Lombardy region, stepping up patrols around train stations, subways and other sensitive sites, ANSA said, quoting the regional commander of the carabinieri, Gen. Antonio Girone.

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Of those arrested, 83 were immigrants and authorities issued 52 deportation orders, ANSA said.

Could this have anything to do with Berlusconi's announcement that Italy would start to pull its troops out of Iraq in the fall.