Italy is seeking to arrest 18 suspected Islamic extremists, including two purported bodyguards for Osama bin Laden, who allegedly staged attacks in Pakistan and sought to topple the Pakistani government.
According to Italian police on Friday, some of the suspects were responsible for numerous bloody acts of terrorism in Pakistan, including the October 2009 explosion in a market in Peshawar in which more than 100 people died.
Police also said Telephone wiretaps indicated that two of the suspects were part of a network of people who protected bin Laden in Pakistan, a police statement said.
Police gave the shocking revelation that the aim of the Bin Laden like terror network was to create an insurgency against the Pakistani government.
