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Await verdict in landmark rendition case
Italian prosecutors charged the Americans with kidnapping Imam Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr in Milan more than six years ago and flying him to Egypt where he says he was tortured, The New York Times reports.
All but one of the defendants were believed to be working for the Central Intelligence Agency, and included the CIA's station chief in Milan.
The case is the first of its kind to contest the practice of "extraordinary rendition" in which terror suspects are captured in one country and taken to another for questioning.
At the time of his abduction, Nasr was under surveillance by Italian authorities who suspected him of preaching violence from his mosque and recruiting militants to send to Iraq.
All of the Americans were tried in absentia.
Copyright 2009 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 11/04/2009
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11-04-2009 22:32
Dave wrote:
What's the problem?
The Italians suspected the fellow of preaching violence (what's new there?). The Italian's were not attacked by Islamic fundamentalists/extremists/terrorists/etc., the US was. Interrogation needed to be done and was done in a country whose officials could and probably did instill fear into the heart and sole of this Muslim Cleric during the interrogation. The US and the Italians would be too civilized to use certain methods, but handing over a believer in Islam to a nation that adheres to the same Islamic beliefs be they peaceful or barbaric in interpretation could induce one to be very forthright in answering questions truthfully.
11-04-2009 17:12
wrote:
we done it
we done it we pay
11-04-2009 10:21
wrote:
By now the Italian ladies would be wearing Burka's if they didn't do something. And remember, he was held in an Islamic country so if he was tortured it was by his own Muslim brothers.
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