12:40 Jan 24 

May 1981. Going to see a group play at Piazzale Lotto in Milan with 50 soldiers armed to the teeth in battle dress lined up beside the entrance. Crossing the road at a zebra crossing in the centre of Milan and noticing a soldier on the crossing holding a loaded sten gun. A sten gun is a short automatic gun designed to kill large numbers of personnel at short range. Because it is short, it is easy to "spray" bullets. In World War Two British troops were required to remove the bolt from them before entering an army camp. Putting the safety catch on was not considered safe enough. Raises my blood pressure just thinking about it.

11:55 Jan 24 

It has to be strategy of tension rather than tension strategy. That is the accepted phrase. If you are looking for something that defines it more then you need to refer to it being a strategy designed to undermine political stability and the left to prop up the right-wing.

11:29 Jan 24 

this is a reference to "la strategia della tensione" from the 1970s

11:28 Jan 24 

Context?