mid €0.37/ 16c week WISHING ALL OUR READERS A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A maltatoday HAPPY NEW YEAR Wednesday, 19 December 2007 – issue 36 www.maltatoday.com.mt SANT ON INCREDIBLE CIA ALLEGatION ‘I’VE NO TIME FOR THIS BULLSHIT’ KARL SCHEMBRI the help of the American se- brusquely dismissive of Saliba’s cret service. allegations. Saliba repeated his incredible “I have no time for this bulls- LABOUR leader Alfred Sant claims in Monday’s Bondiplus hit,” he said when called at his yesterday dismissed the allega- on the national broadcaster, private residence. tions made by former senior although he refused to name Asked whether he had read diplomat Evarist Saliba that he his source, adding only that he Saliba’s memoirs, Sant said: “Ab- had won the 1996 elections with “trusted the very high PN of- solutely not.” the help of the US Central Intel- ficial 100 per cent”. 80-year-old Saliba is known to ligence Agency as “bullshit”. “I don’t have the slightest have been a close collaborator of In his book of memoirs called doubt (about his credibility),” the PN while he was heading the ‘No, Honourable Minister’ Saliba said as the producers Foreign Service. He eventually launched last November, Saliba put on a big screen “Alfred Sant fell out with former foreign min- alleges that he was told by a very and the CIA?” to the backdrop ister Alex Sciberras Trigona. high PN official that Sant had Diplomat Evarist Saliba presents his memoirs, in which he claims Labour’s in the studio. Saliba recounted how a very won the general election with 1996 election victory was aided by the CIA, to Eddie Fenech Adami But Sant yesterday was high PN official had 4page 7 Where The Action Is! pg8 Midweek’s guide to partying – where it’s at on Christmas and New Year’s Eve Pilots’ strike Air Malta seeks ‘official imminent unless carrier’ status for Juventus The national airline is in dis- place between the club and the A match on the 13 January. In discussions resume cussions with Italian football airline. the time spent here, Juventus team Juventus on a deal which The airline previously had a will be playing a friendly match MATTHEW VELLA tion’s (ALPA) president James Fenech said 55 pilots present for would make Air Malta the offi- similar agreement with Italian at the Ta’ Qali national stadium an extraordinary general meet- cial carrier for the football team, club Messina. against Valletta. AiR Malta pilots will be decid- ing yesterday were unanimously this newspaper has learnt. Italy’s Serie A giants will be Juventus will arrive in Malta ing by secret ballot between backing strike action. High-level sources at Air holding a training camp and with its full squad, includ- Thursday and Friday whether “Since we cannot take a proper Malta yesterday confirmed the play Valletta FC in a showcase ing Alex Del Piero, David they will scale up industrial ac- vote during an EGM, because airline was in discussions with friendly this coming January. Trezeguet, Giorgio Chiellini, tions with a suspension of serv- other pilots are flying, we will Juventus over the deal. After last year’s visit by AC Mi- Mauro Camoranesi, Pavel ice. open a 24 hour ballot between Sources at the Juventus Vero lan, Juventus will be holding a Nedved, Vincenzo Iaquinta and In its most vociferous threat Thursday and Friday,” Captain Amore club, the team’s local training camp in Malta between Gianluigi Buffon who will be on to Air Malta management so James Fenech told MaltaToday fans association, did not deny 5 and 12 January before leaving the island for the second time that discussions were taking Malta to face Catania in a Serie in a few months. far, the Airline Pilots Associa- yesterday. 4page 5 159, Labour Avenue, Naxxar Tel: 2388 0088, 7939 2939 paper post News.