From CNN:
ROME, Italy — Italy’s military police have detained three Algerian nationals believed to be connected to a militant group with ties to al Qaeda, authorities said.
The men are being held on suspicion of association with the aim of international terrorism — charges put in place after the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
According to a commander with Italy’s Carabinieri, or military police, the arrests were made Tuesday night into Wednesday morning — two in Brescia and one in Naples…
Italian media said the three were “potential operatives ready to carry out (suicide) attacks.” Authorities would not confirm the report to CNN.
Media reports also linked the men to an Algerian militant organization known as the “Salafist Group for Call and Combat.”…