Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa
Carlo Alberto dalla Chiesa (1920 – 1982) was an Italian Carabinieri general, notable for campaigning against terrorism during the Years of Lead. He was assassinated in the Via Carini massacre by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo.
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[edit]- We are powerless, that's it; frankly, when faced with these characters, while in normal investigations, in cases of criminality, we can cope and have even achieved significant results, when it comes to the mafia as such, as it is framed in a particular context, it is difficult for us to obtain evidence...
- Gen. C. A. Dalla Chiesa, Carabinieri.it, 4 November 1970
- Certain things are not done out of courage, they are done simply to be able to look our children and our children's children in the eye with greater peace of mind.
- Nando dalla Chiesa, Delitto imperfetto, p. 154
- Anyone who thinks they can fight the Mafia in the Palermo area and not in the rest of Italy is just wasting their time.
- From an interview of Giorgio Bocca, la Repubblica, 10 August 1982; reported in Repubblica.it, 3 September 2012
- As long as a party card counts for more than the state, we will never be able to defeat the mafia.
- Nando dalla Chiesa, Delitto imperfetto, p. 29
- The messages already sent to some media outlets by the most corrupt “political family” (Andreotti's, ed.) in the area have already had the desired effect.
- From a letter addressed to Giovanni Spadolini, 2 April 1982; cited in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
- Yesterday, the Hon. Andreotti asked me to go [to see him] and, naturally, given his electoral presence in Sicily, he indirectly expressed his interest in the issue. I was very clear and assured him that I would not show any consideration for the part of the electorate that his electors draw on.
- From General dalla Chiesa's private diary, April 6, 1982; quoted in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
- The Christian Democrats in Palermo live with the worst expression of their mafia activism, as well as their political activism [...]. The State entrusts the tranquility of its existence not to the will to fight and eradicate the mafia and mafia politics, but to the exploitation of my name to silence the irritation of the parties [...] ready to throw me to the wind as soon as certain interests are or must be touched or understood.
- From General dalla Chiesa's private diary, April 6, 1982; quoted in Peter Gomez, Marco Travaglio, Onorevoli Wanted, p. 647
- If it is true that power exists, this power belongs solely to the State, its institutions, and its laws; we cannot delegate this power to abusers, bullies, or dishonest individuals.
- Nando dalla Chiesa, Delitto imperfetto
Quotes about
[edit]- The KGB was directly involved in the kidnapping of Moro. Cossiga and Andreotti knew where he was being held prisoner, but prevented General Dalla Chiesa from intervening. Falcone and Borsellino? That was the work of Gladio and the CIA. [...] Yes, Cossiga and Andreotti knew. There is a document dated March 2, 1978, which I only learned about 25 years later and which I publish in my book as proof. Dalla Chiesa also learned of Moro's place of imprisonment and wanted to intervene to free him as early as the beginning of April. When the base in Via Gradoli was burned down, it was done precisely to prevent Dalla Chiesa from intervening. The general was ordered to abandon the camp, then he talked about it with the journalist Mino Pecorelli, who wrote about it. Both knew and both were killed.
- Ferdinando Imposimato, Da Moro a Falcone, da Bilderberg ad Andreotti, dal Kgb alla Cia. Le verità di Imposimato sulle stragi, Affaritaliani.it, 31 May 2013
