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"Agony Lingers 20 Years after the Moro Killing"

Newspaper article

By: Alessandra Stanley

Date: May 9, 1998

Source: "Rome Journal; Agony Lingers, 20 Years After the Moro Killing," as published by the New York Times.

About the Author: Alessandra Stanley is a foreign bureau chief and high-ranking reporter for the New York Times.

INTRODUCTION

The body of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was found in Rome on May 9, 1978, fifty-five days after he was kidnapped by the Marxist-Leninist group, the Red Brigade (Brigate Rosse). The Red Brigade was a leftist extremist group that used violence as a means to influence Italian politics.

At the time of his...