US ambassador summoned by Berlusconi over alleged CIA kidnapping

[maddezmom]

ROME (AFP) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has summoned the US ambassador to demand an explanation over an alleged CIA kidnapping of an Islamic cleric in Milan, a government minister said.

The incident two years ago made the news on Friday when the Corriere della Sera daily in Rome reported that a judge had issued arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents.

"Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi summoned the American ambassador in Italy to clarify the affair concerning imam Abu Omar," Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Carlo Giovanardi said in a statement to senators.

He said the ambassador was currently out of Rome but would most likely answer the summons on Friday, insisting that the Italian government was not in any way involved in the affair.

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more:http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050630/pl_afp/italyusciaambassador_050630130001

[earthboundmisfit]

1. Ambassador Melvin Sembler, Bush*co buddy & GOP fundraiser?

Melvin Sembler is the Ambassador to Italy appointed by George W. Bush, under accusation of "buying" his appointment. <1> (http://thestraights.com/people/straight-officials/board/sembler/sembler-family-contributions.htm).

Sembler was appointed Ambassador to Australia and Nauru by George H.W. Bush. Sembler is the former Financial Chair for the Republican National Committee and a large contributor to Republican campaigns, as well as a personal friend of both Bush and Dick Cheney families.

Sembler is CEO of Sembler Co., one of America's largest shopping mall chains, co-founder of Drug Free America Foundation (formerly Straight, Inc.). His wife, Betty Sembler, currently heads the Foundation.


more at:
www.sourcewatch.org/wiki.phtml?title=Mel_Sembler

[Monkie]

2. science fiction writers couldnt make this stuff up...

the new reality we live is so surreal..