Italian Judge orders arrest of 13 CIA-connecteds for Kidnap & Rendition

[cyberpj]

So, hey, isn't Italy a sovereign nation? And isn't that exactly why we're NOT going after Bin Laden in Pakistan? Shouldn't they get their story straight?

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Italy judge orders CIA-linked arrests over kidnap
24 Jun 2005 09:30:40 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Emilio Parodi

MILAN, June 24 (Reuters) - An Italian judge has ordered the arrest of 13 foreigners tied to the CIA for allegedly kidnapping an Egyptian terrorism suspect in Milan two years ago and flying him to Egypt for questioning, judicial sources said on Friday.

The foreigners "linked to the CIA" seized imam Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, on a Milan street on Feb. 17, 2003, Milan-based judge Chiara Nobili said in the arrest warrants issued on Thursday, according to the sources.

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Secret transfers of suspects to foreign states for interrogation are an acknowledged tool of the United States in its war on terrorism, but it denies charges that the practice -- known as rendition -- amounts to outsourcing torture.

The Corriere della Sera newspaper said on Friday that a former U.S. consul to Milan was among those ordered arrested.

The U.S. embassy in Rome declined to comment.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L24385302.htm

[jilln]

1. I can't recall

ever reading a news story like this before. This must be really rare.

[cyberpj]

2. I won't be surprised to see more pushback against US around the world

as more and more realize they can do something about US Imperialism.

I HATE rooting against my own country but that's just what this Bush Administration has me doing.

Now I know how many many Germans must have felt.