The Palestinian terrorist ring broken up by police last week was preparing major attacks on diplomats and Rome’s Ciampino Airport police sources indicated. They said questioning of the suspects, 10 of whom are said to be Turkish, and examination of confiscated papers indicate the group was aiming to strike at unnamed European ambassadors and their families and at Rome’s second airport. The group had been stockpiling explosives and arms in a small villa south of Paris for the past six months, police said.
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