Italian Court orders 22 CIA terrorists arrested
The US 'newspeak' sewer Reuters reports from Italy that 'a Milan court has issued a European arrest warrant for 22 CIA agents suspected of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Italy's financial capital in 2003, Prosecutor Armando Spataro said on Friday.'' The US torture flights under the Christmas tree?
Italian Court orders 22 CIA terrorists arrested - story below.
FPF - Dec. 23d - 2005 - Last July a prosecutor in Italian already wanted to arrest 13 CIA terrorists to start with - [http://tinyurl.com/bcc4m] :"The US management's 'front man' - George Bush - was quoted by former journalist Bob Woodward in the Washington Post on Thursday, November 22, 2001 on page A01: "On Oct. 1, Bush made reference to the foreign arrests in a speech at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington.
Smirking, George Bush said that the American people "aren't going to see exactly what's taking place on their TV screens," but he added that: "slowly, but surely, progress was being made." And, Bush declared menacingly: "You see, we've said to people around the world: This could happen to you, this could have easily have taken place on your soil, so you need to take threats seriously, as well."
The 'progress' which Bush falsely keeps referring to was by Amnesty International described: "As evidence of torture and widespread cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment mounts, it is more urgent than ever that the US Government bring the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and any other facilities it is operating outside the USA into full compliance with international law and standards. The only alternative is to close them down." - [Amnesty International - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/caut7]
'REGIME CHANGE' IN THE UNITED STATES
Woodward, who over three decades ago with Bernstein in the so called 'Watergate scandal' helped 'the people running the US' with 'regime change' in the United States, has since also published a book about how great 'Commander George Bush' is; thereby forgetting the criminality of the man who twice stole the presidency with his ilk, and who in the rest of the world is looked upon as War Criminal # 1.
Trying to also justify the American Gulag - [Solzjenitsyn spent 10 years in the Soviet- Gulag - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8qb88] - and torture, Bush's copywriter Woodward in November 2001 wrote an article:"50 Countries Detain 360 Suspects at CIA's Behest", in which he describes the illegal and inhumane torture flights: "Roundup Reflects Aggressive Efforts of an Intelligence Coalition Viewed as Key to War on Terrorism". [http://tinyurl.com/9zcdw]
Italy issues warrant for CIA team - by Emilio Parodi - Friday Dec. 23 - A Milan court has issued a European arrest warrant for 22 CIA agents suspected of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Italy's financial capital in 2003, Prosecutor Armando Spataro said on Friday.
The case is one of several investigations into whether U.S. intelligence agents used Europe to illegally transfer militant suspects to third countries for interrogation. The renditions have led to tensions between Washington and the European Union.
Milan magistrates suspect a CIA team grabbed Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr off a Milan street and flew him for interrogation to Egypt, where he said he was tortured.
Prosecutors asked the Italian Justice Ministry last month to seek the extradition of the suspects from the United States, but Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has not yet decided whether to act on the request.
A EU warrant is automatically valid across the 25-nation bloc and does not require the approval of any government.
The warrant was agreed by the European Union in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 and was hailed as a key part of the bloc's fight against terrorism.
Under the agreement, any EU member state can ask another to hand over a suspect and in most cases, the other state will have to comply.
Spataro told Reuters he had also asked Interpol to try to detain the agents anywhere in the world.
The U.S. embassy in Rome was not immediately available for comment and telephone calls seeking comment from the White House, Justice Department, Central Intelligence Agency and State Department were not immediately returned.
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Earlier this week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [who is a war criminal - HR] said he did not believe CIA agents had kidnapped Nasr, but added governments would not defeat terrorism by playing by the rules.
Justice officials believe Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, is still in custody in Egypt. Italian investigators have accused him of ties to al Qaeda and recruiting combatants for Iraq, and a Milan judge has issued a warrant for his arrest.
Before his disappearance, investigators had closely monitored Nasr, hoping phone conversations would provide clues about planned militant attacks in Europe. But their probe was cut short when the imam vanished on February 17, 2003.
Court documents show the CIA agents accused of kidnapping Nasr on that day left ample documentation of their stay in Italy. Many of them presented frequent-client cards when they registered at hotels and prosecutors have one of the agent's United Airlines frequent flyer number.
About a year after he vanished, Nasr was able to make two telephone calls -- to his wife, Ghali Nabila, and to a religious leader in Milan named Mohamed Reda, the document said.
Nasr said in the calls he had been sent to Alexandria in Egypt and had been tortured with electric shock and exposure to extreme noise and temperatures. He was allegedly re-arrested by the Egyptians for recounting the ordeal.
Details about the renditions are emerging at a time when the United States also faces allegations that the CIA has run secret prisons in Europe and elsewhere.
German citizen Khaled el-Masri says he was abducted in Macedonia in 2003 and flown to Afghanistan by U.S. officials. He is now suing the CIA for wrongful imprisonment.
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FOOTNOTES:
NYT - CIA terrorists arrest - http://tinyurl.com/d5r7x
Seymour Hersh - Url. full story: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1021.htm -
Including webcast: Seymour Hersh, 1 hour 22 minutes.
Earlier FPF - Global Terror by Secret US Death Squads - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/6d9sa
Military Intelligence - Special Operations: Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5pe6g
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Italian Court orders 22 CIA terrorists arrested - story below.
FPF - Dec. 23d - 2005 - Last July a prosecutor in Italian already wanted to arrest 13 CIA terrorists to start with - [http://tinyurl.com/bcc4m] :"The US management's 'front man' - George Bush - was quoted by former journalist Bob Woodward in the Washington Post on Thursday, November 22, 2001 on page A01: "On Oct. 1, Bush made reference to the foreign arrests in a speech at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in Washington.
Smirking, George Bush said that the American people "aren't going to see exactly what's taking place on their TV screens," but he added that: "slowly, but surely, progress was being made." And, Bush declared menacingly: "You see, we've said to people around the world: This could happen to you, this could have easily have taken place on your soil, so you need to take threats seriously, as well."
The 'progress' which Bush falsely keeps referring to was by Amnesty International described: "As evidence of torture and widespread cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment mounts, it is more urgent than ever that the US Government bring the Guantánamo Bay detention camp and any other facilities it is operating outside the USA into full compliance with international law and standards. The only alternative is to close them down." - [Amnesty International - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/caut7]
'REGIME CHANGE' IN THE UNITED STATES
Woodward, who over three decades ago with Bernstein in the so called 'Watergate scandal' helped 'the people running the US' with 'regime change' in the United States, has since also published a book about how great 'Commander George Bush' is; thereby forgetting the criminality of the man who twice stole the presidency with his ilk, and who in the rest of the world is looked upon as War Criminal # 1.
Trying to also justify the American Gulag - [Solzjenitsyn spent 10 years in the Soviet- Gulag - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8qb88] - and torture, Bush's copywriter Woodward in November 2001 wrote an article:"50 Countries Detain 360 Suspects at CIA's Behest", in which he describes the illegal and inhumane torture flights: "Roundup Reflects Aggressive Efforts of an Intelligence Coalition Viewed as Key to War on Terrorism". [http://tinyurl.com/9zcdw]
Italy issues warrant for CIA team - by Emilio Parodi - Friday Dec. 23 - A Milan court has issued a European arrest warrant for 22 CIA agents suspected of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Italy's financial capital in 2003, Prosecutor Armando Spataro said on Friday.
The case is one of several investigations into whether U.S. intelligence agents used Europe to illegally transfer militant suspects to third countries for interrogation. The renditions have led to tensions between Washington and the European Union.
Milan magistrates suspect a CIA team grabbed Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr off a Milan street and flew him for interrogation to Egypt, where he said he was tortured.
Prosecutors asked the Italian Justice Ministry last month to seek the extradition of the suspects from the United States, but Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has not yet decided whether to act on the request.
A EU warrant is automatically valid across the 25-nation bloc and does not require the approval of any government.
The warrant was agreed by the European Union in the wake of the September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 and was hailed as a key part of the bloc's fight against terrorism.
Under the agreement, any EU member state can ask another to hand over a suspect and in most cases, the other state will have to comply.
Spataro told Reuters he had also asked Interpol to try to detain the agents anywhere in the world.
The U.S. embassy in Rome was not immediately available for comment and telephone calls seeking comment from the White House, Justice Department, Central Intelligence Agency and State Department were not immediately returned.
RULE BOOKS
Earlier this week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi [who is a war criminal - HR] said he did not believe CIA agents had kidnapped Nasr, but added governments would not defeat terrorism by playing by the rules.
Justice officials believe Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, is still in custody in Egypt. Italian investigators have accused him of ties to al Qaeda and recruiting combatants for Iraq, and a Milan judge has issued a warrant for his arrest.
Before his disappearance, investigators had closely monitored Nasr, hoping phone conversations would provide clues about planned militant attacks in Europe. But their probe was cut short when the imam vanished on February 17, 2003.
Court documents show the CIA agents accused of kidnapping Nasr on that day left ample documentation of their stay in Italy. Many of them presented frequent-client cards when they registered at hotels and prosecutors have one of the agent's United Airlines frequent flyer number.
About a year after he vanished, Nasr was able to make two telephone calls -- to his wife, Ghali Nabila, and to a religious leader in Milan named Mohamed Reda, the document said.
Nasr said in the calls he had been sent to Alexandria in Egypt and had been tortured with electric shock and exposure to extreme noise and temperatures. He was allegedly re-arrested by the Egyptians for recounting the ordeal.
Details about the renditions are emerging at a time when the United States also faces allegations that the CIA has run secret prisons in Europe and elsewhere.
German citizen Khaled el-Masri says he was abducted in Macedonia in 2003 and flown to Afghanistan by U.S. officials. He is now suing the CIA for wrongful imprisonment.
[andend] - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7aau4
Google 'News' - latest on this - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/dufv4
Murder is murder, whoever does it: Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Sharon, Saddam, or Bush.
Henk Ruyssenaars
FOOTNOTES:
NYT - CIA terrorists arrest - http://tinyurl.com/d5r7x
Seymour Hersh - Url. full story: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/video1021.htm -
Including webcast: Seymour Hersh, 1 hour 22 minutes.
Earlier FPF - Global Terror by Secret US Death Squads - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/6d9sa
Military Intelligence - Special Operations: Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5pe6g
The DIA and the military services maintain a large number of military attachés and a much smaller network of clandestine case officers to satisfy foreign intelligence requirements. The Defense HUMINT Service became operational October 1, 1995, to consolidate the human intelligence (HUMINT) capabilities of the DIA, Army, Navy, and Air Force. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5xapq
* Help all the troops - of whatever nationality - to come back from abroad! - AND WITH ALL THEIR WEAPONS, WHICH WE WERE FORCED TO PAY FOR BY TAXES - [http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm ] - We need them badly at home in many countries to fight with us against our so called 'governments' and their malignant managers - Url.: http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107 - any copyrighted work in this message is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information. Url.: http://liimirror.warwick.ac.uk/uscode/17/107.html
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