"Italians Issue Six New CIA Warrants"

[GreenPartyVoter]

BOLOGNA, Italy -- An Italian appeals court ordered the arrest of six additional CIA operatives Monday in connection with the disappearance of a radical Muslim cleric who was snatched from the streets of Milan two years ago, a prosecutor said.

The arrest warrants bring to 19 the number of operatives being sought by Italian justice officials. None is believed to be in Italy currently, and no one has been arrested in connection with the case.

"We now have 19 fugitives," the lead prosecutor in the case, Armando Spataro, told the Los Angeles Times.

At issue is the disappearance of Hassan Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, an Egyptian who Italian officials say was kidnapped by CIA agents and bundled off to an Egyptian jail, where he was tortured. The operation was believed to be an "extraordinary rendition," a controversial U.S. practice of clandestinely seizing terrorism suspects in one country and transporting them to another, where they are interrogated and sometimes brutalized.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0726-03.htm

[rocktivity]

1. Glad to hear they haven't rolled over on this yet

but I could take it a lot more seriously if Italy threatened to PULL THEIR TROOPS. NOW!

:grr:
rocknation

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Seriously