REPORTS ON THE 2001 GENOA CONFERENCE

Copyright 2001 Scottish Media Newspapers Limited
The Herald (Glasgow)
July 21, 2001
SECTION: Pg. 2
LENGTH: 631 words
HEADLINE: An eerie calm marks life in the red zone
BYLINE: Catherine Macleod Political Editor

Stepping from Tony Blair's plane at the airport, the Downing Street party and the UK press pack were whisked immediately to their respective "floating hotels". Journalists to the Splendid cruise liner, the prime minister to the European Vision. Only George W Bush, the US president, qualified for a warship.

Only the constant drone of helicopters and the batteries of anti-aircraft missiles bring any sense of the prevailing chaos on the streets.


Copyright 2001 Deutsche Presse-Agentur Deutsche Presse-Agentur
July 20, 2001, Friday, BC Cycle 16:33 Central European Time
SECTION: International News
LENGTH: 769 words
HEADLINE: 3RD ROUNDUP: Police say one dead as clashes overshadow G8 Genoa summit
BYLINE: By Shada Islam and Leon Mangasarian, dpa
DATELINE: Genoa, Italy

Genoa has become a virtual ghost-town under siege, with the airport, harbour and some major roads closed.

Copyright 2001 Agency WPS
What The Papers Say (Russia)
July 5, 2001, Thursday
SECTION: PRESS EXTRACTS
LENGTH: 314 words
HEADLINE: GENOA UNDER SIEGE
SOURCE: Tribuna, July 5, 2001, p. 3
BYLINE: Viktor Krupenin

Italian and foreign secret services are particularly concerned by reports from Russia indicating that terrorist Osama bin Laden intends to use the Genoa summit for terrorist acts against President Bush and other world leaders. President Vladimir Putin informed his American counterpart of bin Laden's intentions at their meeting in Ljubljana. Bin Laden and his accomplices are considering a car-bomb in the path of the presidential motorcade, or kamikaze planes against the presidential ship. Terrorists hope to take advantage of the chaos in the city generated by the abundance of foreign VIPs and anti-globalization activists, who Western secret services say are sponsored by bin Laden.

No information is available at this point on accommodation for the eight leaders. Not all of them want to stay on a ship. But Fulvio Martini, former head of military counterintelligence, says: "A ship is the best place for delegations in Genoa..."

Copyright 2001 ITAR-TASS News Agency
TASS July 11, 2001, Wednesday
LENGTH: 119 words
HEADLINE: Surface-to-air missiles to be placed to ensure security
BYLINE: By Vitaly Makarchev
DATELINE: LONDON, July 11

Italian authorities began to place surface-to-air missile systems in Genoa after one of the authoritative intelligences received information about plans to commit air terrorist acts during the G-8 summit scheduled for July 18, confidential British sources said on Wednesday.

One of the batteries will be deployed on the territory of Genoa's international airport for missiles interception and the destruction of any unidentified helicopter or light aircraft. During the work of the summit, the airport will be closed and only the planes of G-8 heads of state and government can land at Genoa's airport.