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09-03-2011, 12:31 AM
Berlusconi vows to leave 'shitty' Italy in conversation recorded by police
John Hooper in Rome
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 September 2011
In a sign of his frustration at the investigations into his alleged crimes and misdemeanours, Silvio Berlusconi vowed in July to leave Italy, which he described as a "shitty country" that "sickened" him.
The Italian prime minister's astonishing remarks are contained in the transcript of a telephone conversation secretly recorded by police investigating claims he was being blackmailed about his sex life.
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It was in a phone conversation with Lavitola late on 13 July that Berlusconi was said by the judge to have erupted in anger. "They can say about me that I screw. It's the only thing they can say about me. Is that clear?" he said to the man allegedly blackmailing him. "They can put listening devices where they like. They can tap my telephone calls. I don't give a fuck. I … In a few months, I'm getting out to mind my own fucking business, from somewhere else, and so I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened."
Berlusconi was speaking four days after a court in Milan dealt him the heaviest blow he has suffered in his long and intensely controversial business career. The court ruled that the firm at the heart of his group of companies should pay €560m to his bitterest commercial rival as compensation for bribing a judge in order to win control of Mondadori, Italy's biggest publisher.
But the conversation also took place at the height of a crisis on the financial markets, and in the midst of frantic efforts in parliament to approve a package of measures designed to eliminate Italy's budget deficit. Berlusconi's public silence during this period attracted comment at the time, particularly in the financial media.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/01/berlusconi-vows-leave-shitty-italy
"In a few months, I'm getting out to mind my own fucking business, from somewhere else, and so I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened."
He should come to the U.S. and hang out with Big Billy.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BFEajXcGT1g/TUJNrRhU40I/AAAAAAAAANk/6qcy1jsukUA/s1600/Bill_Clinton%252C_George_H._W._Bush%252C_George_W. _Bush_and_Silvio_Berlusconi.jpg
John Hooper in Rome
guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 September 2011
In a sign of his frustration at the investigations into his alleged crimes and misdemeanours, Silvio Berlusconi vowed in July to leave Italy, which he described as a "shitty country" that "sickened" him.
The Italian prime minister's astonishing remarks are contained in the transcript of a telephone conversation secretly recorded by police investigating claims he was being blackmailed about his sex life.
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It was in a phone conversation with Lavitola late on 13 July that Berlusconi was said by the judge to have erupted in anger. "They can say about me that I screw. It's the only thing they can say about me. Is that clear?" he said to the man allegedly blackmailing him. "They can put listening devices where they like. They can tap my telephone calls. I don't give a fuck. I … In a few months, I'm getting out to mind my own fucking business, from somewhere else, and so I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened."
Berlusconi was speaking four days after a court in Milan dealt him the heaviest blow he has suffered in his long and intensely controversial business career. The court ruled that the firm at the heart of his group of companies should pay €560m to his bitterest commercial rival as compensation for bribing a judge in order to win control of Mondadori, Italy's biggest publisher.
But the conversation also took place at the height of a crisis on the financial markets, and in the midst of frantic efforts in parliament to approve a package of measures designed to eliminate Italy's budget deficit. Berlusconi's public silence during this period attracted comment at the time, particularly in the financial media.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/sep/01/berlusconi-vows-leave-shitty-italy
"In a few months, I'm getting out to mind my own fucking business, from somewhere else, and so I'm leaving this shitty country of which I'm sickened."
He should come to the U.S. and hang out with Big Billy.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_BFEajXcGT1g/TUJNrRhU40I/AAAAAAAAANk/6qcy1jsukUA/s1600/Bill_Clinton%252C_George_H._W._Bush%252C_George_W. _Bush_and_Silvio_Berlusconi.jpg