I can only piggback on Jed1000's comment. The terrorists can threaten all they want in Italy - if you hadn't picked up n it in the news, two days or so after London, Italian police arrested something like 147 suspects (read Muslims) in Milan, and deported 53 of them. Despite many stereotypical beliefs to the contrary, the Italian security agencies are no fools. They manage to keep pretty good track of potentially dangerous foreign elements, and can act or react very quickly (as shown by the arrests I mentioned) when the occasion demands it. The Italians may have a loose arrangement with potential troublemakers (i.e., We won't bother you if you behave yourselves), but are not overly sensitive about rights of non-Italians (or of lawbreaking Italians for that matter). Without going into any specifics, when I was in the Army I was stationed in Italy for three tours, and worked very closely with Italian security folks. Let me tell you, it's not a winning proposition to screw with them in any manner, shape, or form. My higher headquarters was really nervous about some of the things the Italians proposed I get involved in with them, and basically told me to keep my distance (which sometimes I did, other times, eh!). If terrorists pull off anything in Italy, they might as well be suicide bombers, because their chances of survival when caught are nil.