he didn't know it at the time but the red brigade were almost certainly state funded terrorists. As used to bump off all the magistrates that were investigating Calvi Banco ambrosiano ect ect . The BR have recently been dug up again by Mr B and his mafia cohorts ...

no respect to Joe intended .. they have knocked on my front door a few times ..

Brigade Rosse should be written Brigate Rosse, if are the same group from 1970-1980's.
Brigate Rosse (Red Brigade) was an unidentifiable group the cosidered itself from the left-wing. Most of their components belonged to Christian believe, from Universita' Cattolica they started their activities.
Whatever they mixed on their analysis some truth and fiction there motives for they existance was to create (non necessarely of the same believe)a strong group that aimed to the armed struggle. Other groups joined to the armed struggle. I do not know if these groups had contacts or not. What I do know is that foreign intelligences were asking some favour from BR, Mossad is one of these agencies.

Without wanting to be an advert for LOBSTER magazine, issue 18 ran a fairly good article named something like "Collusion or manipulation: The Extraparlimentary Left in Post World War 2 Europe"

It explored the background to the Bologne train station bombings, facist infiltration/provocation and much more.

Its well worth reading, whilst not perfect!!

www.lobster-magazine.co.uk

Its not archived there- but hassle Robin Ramsey for it anyway!! (he wasn't the author tho')

ciao! @!