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SECRET JAILS: AMERICAN GULAG* ON MILITARY BASE IN SOUDA ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF CRETE
(FPF: Souda base - Url.: http://www.souda.navy.mil/kriti.jpg)
Athens - While the public order ministry and the national intelligence agency continue to deny allegations that secret agents kidnapped Pakistani immigrants, they have been forced to recall two Greek agents operating in Kosovo who were named by a newspaper, the front page of the Greek Sunday newspaper 'Proto Thema' names eight intelligence officers, including at least one British agent, in connection with the kidnapping and interrogation of 28 Pakistani immigrants in Greece
A NEW twist to the abduction saga emerged on December 28 when it was revealed that secret agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging that 28 Pakistani immigrants were kidnapped and abused in Greece after the July bombings in London.
FILED A SUIT AGAINST ALL AGENTS* ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE OPERATION
Athens criminal lawyer Frangiskos Ragoussis, representing the Pakistanis who claim they were illegally taken from their homes and interrogated by Greek and British intelligence agents for several days, said he filed a suit against all agents alleged to have taken part in the operation. Eight intelligence officers, including at least one British agent, were named in Athens Sunday paper Proto Thema on December 24 as those responsible for the covert operation.
Seek the Briton's extradition
"I have sued everyone today named in that story as being part of the interrogation process and I have sued them for kidnapping and torture," said Ragoussis on December 28. He filed a complaint on December 27 against one British security agent and eight Greek agents. If formal charges are filed, Ragoussis said he would seek the Briton's extradition.
Ragoussis wants all the agents to appear in court before his clients so they can identify them. "I want them to appear before a Greek court and to have them face my clients to identify them and I have also requested that the tapes of the interrogations be played before the courtroom," he said.
The Greek public order ministry and the secretive National Intelligence Agency (EYP) have denied the allegations but have been forced to recall two Greek agents operating in Kosovo who were named in the story. EYP accused the newspaper of compromising security operations by naming the Greek officers and said the allegations were "completely unfounded". It also said its policy is "never to comment on media reports, especially when they refer to non-existing events".
In Britain, the government has forbidden (by D-Notice*) the British media to name their agent - [Nicholas Langman, see below] - whom the Athens weekly said was the chief of Britain's intelligence service MI6 in Athens. However, Sir Menzies Campbell of the Liberal Democrat party called for a parliamentary committee to investigate, despite Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's declaration that claims of British involvement are "complete nonsense".
"I think it is necessary for public confidence and also to get to the bottom of what are serious allegations for some further investigation to be carried out," Campbell said in a BBC radio interview.
The saga-turned-political scandal began on the night of July 15 when six Pakistanis and a Muslim from Kashmir were allegedly kidnapped, hooded and taken to a secret location near Athens, possibly to a villa in the northern suburb of Agia Paraskevi. They allege they were beaten and questioned for up to a week by Greek agents and at least two British officers.
Athens chief public prosecutor Dimitris Papangelopoulos is leading the investigation. He assigned the case to first-instance court public prosecutor Nikos Degaitis on December 28. The preliminary investigation was ordered by supreme court prosecutor Dimitris Linos at the request of Justice Minister Anastasios Papaligouras.
"This is a very serious case," Linos said on December 28. "Truth will prevail." He said it will receive top priority.
Meanwhile, Papangelopoulos will reportedly focus his investigation on the following: witness testimony of the Pakistani immigrants; the newspaper publication of the names of the Greek and British agents who allegedly abducted the Pakistani; the suit filed by Athens criminal lawyer Ragoussis and the document issued by a group representing EYP employees agents informing the prosecutor that the publication of the names of agents is illegal and also puts their lives in danger.
Political thorn
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis discussed the matter with his ministers on December 28. The case, which first surfaced in August, weeks after the suicide attacks on London's underground and buses that killed 56, has become a thorn for the government as several opposition parties have asked Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis to appear in parliament to answer questions from fellow deputies regarding the case.
"Let's wait for the results of the ongoing investigation," Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis told reporters after meeting with Karamanlis on December 28. "The government has already commented on this case."
The July 7 London bombings killed 56 people - including the four suspected suicide bombers, Britons of Pakistani descent. The Greek, British and Pakistani governments repeatedly have denied the claims. But Greek opposition lawmakers on December 27 called for an expanded judicial investigation.
"It is clear there has been a coverup of this issue at a high level," said Nikos Voutsis of the Left Coalition party. The socialist party said a hearing on the abduction claims has been scheduled for January 11.
"The question is whether this happened or not... If this indeed did happen, it creates problems for our national sovereignty," said Christos Papoutsis, a spokesman on security issues for the main opposition socialist Pasok party.
The Athens daily Rizospastis, mouthpiece of the Greek Communist Party, on December 28 put the blame on the New Democracy government and its Pasok predecessor. The paper's front page alleged the abductions are part of "secret agreements" signed between Greece and foreign agents.
In related news, George Karatzaferis, the charismatic leader of a rightwing populist party and one of Greece's 24 European parliament deputies in Brussels, informed Molyviatis about allegations that 24 immigrant Muslims were or are still being illegally detained at secret jails set up inside the American military base in Souda on the Greek island of Crete.
Story - Athens News, Reuters, AP - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/a4qrx
Related:
The MI6 station chief in Athens appears to be Nicholas Langman (see Greek spelling of the name in red box in Greek paper (Url), Counsellor at the British Embassy in Athens. Langman has been identified as an MI6 official by Steven Dorril in MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service: http://cryptome.org/mi6-sd36.htm.
* UK & D-Notice - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/pv2r
* Amnesty International - The American Gulag - Url.: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL100142005
* “We do not torture,” George W. Bush declared during a brief press conference - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9l5ma
* Google search - Results 1 - 10 of about 36,900,000 for Bush +torture. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7a42c
* The Observer - UK - British admit being at terror grilling - Url.: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1676098,00.html
* Italian Court orders 22 CIA terrorists arrested - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/dt4g5
* "People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don't forget: they also strike back." - 2005 Nobel Literature Prize winner Harold Pinter - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9cyeq
* Reference guide to the Geneva Conventions - Url.: http://www.genevaconventions.org
* Al Qaeda – The Database - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqx69
* The 9/11 WTC drama was PNAC terror - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9np7d - It was an inside job - Google - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7tj9d
* Who's financing the globe's ordeal? - The 'Federal Reserve' is the absolute biggest crime against humanity ever - Url.: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm
* The infamous US 'Lie Factory' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8ncal
* 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/
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Athens News: Spotlight on secret agents
SECRET JAILS: AMERICAN GULAG* ON MILITARY BASE IN SOUDA ON THE GREEK ISLAND OF CRETE
(FPF: Souda base - Url.: http://www.souda.navy.mil/kriti.jpg)
Athens - While the public order ministry and the national intelligence agency continue to deny allegations that secret agents kidnapped Pakistani immigrants, they have been forced to recall two Greek agents operating in Kosovo who were named by a newspaper, the front page of the Greek Sunday newspaper 'Proto Thema' names eight intelligence officers, including at least one British agent, in connection with the kidnapping and interrogation of 28 Pakistani immigrants in Greece
A NEW twist to the abduction saga emerged on December 28 when it was revealed that secret agents may be called to appear before a Greek court to answer a lawsuit alleging that 28 Pakistani immigrants were kidnapped and abused in Greece after the July bombings in London.
FILED A SUIT AGAINST ALL AGENTS* ALLEGED TO HAVE TAKEN PART IN THE OPERATION
Athens criminal lawyer Frangiskos Ragoussis, representing the Pakistanis who claim they were illegally taken from their homes and interrogated by Greek and British intelligence agents for several days, said he filed a suit against all agents alleged to have taken part in the operation. Eight intelligence officers, including at least one British agent, were named in Athens Sunday paper Proto Thema on December 24 as those responsible for the covert operation.
Seek the Briton's extradition
"I have sued everyone today named in that story as being part of the interrogation process and I have sued them for kidnapping and torture," said Ragoussis on December 28. He filed a complaint on December 27 against one British security agent and eight Greek agents. If formal charges are filed, Ragoussis said he would seek the Briton's extradition.
Ragoussis wants all the agents to appear in court before his clients so they can identify them. "I want them to appear before a Greek court and to have them face my clients to identify them and I have also requested that the tapes of the interrogations be played before the courtroom," he said.
The Greek public order ministry and the secretive National Intelligence Agency (EYP) have denied the allegations but have been forced to recall two Greek agents operating in Kosovo who were named in the story. EYP accused the newspaper of compromising security operations by naming the Greek officers and said the allegations were "completely unfounded". It also said its policy is "never to comment on media reports, especially when they refer to non-existing events".
In Britain, the government has forbidden (by D-Notice*) the British media to name their agent - [Nicholas Langman, see below] - whom the Athens weekly said was the chief of Britain's intelligence service MI6 in Athens. However, Sir Menzies Campbell of the Liberal Democrat party called for a parliamentary committee to investigate, despite Foreign Secretary Jack Straw's declaration that claims of British involvement are "complete nonsense".
"I think it is necessary for public confidence and also to get to the bottom of what are serious allegations for some further investigation to be carried out," Campbell said in a BBC radio interview.
The saga-turned-political scandal began on the night of July 15 when six Pakistanis and a Muslim from Kashmir were allegedly kidnapped, hooded and taken to a secret location near Athens, possibly to a villa in the northern suburb of Agia Paraskevi. They allege they were beaten and questioned for up to a week by Greek agents and at least two British officers.
Athens chief public prosecutor Dimitris Papangelopoulos is leading the investigation. He assigned the case to first-instance court public prosecutor Nikos Degaitis on December 28. The preliminary investigation was ordered by supreme court prosecutor Dimitris Linos at the request of Justice Minister Anastasios Papaligouras.
"This is a very serious case," Linos said on December 28. "Truth will prevail." He said it will receive top priority.
Meanwhile, Papangelopoulos will reportedly focus his investigation on the following: witness testimony of the Pakistani immigrants; the newspaper publication of the names of the Greek and British agents who allegedly abducted the Pakistani; the suit filed by Athens criminal lawyer Ragoussis and the document issued by a group representing EYP employees agents informing the prosecutor that the publication of the names of agents is illegal and also puts their lives in danger.
Political thorn
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis discussed the matter with his ministers on December 28. The case, which first surfaced in August, weeks after the suicide attacks on London's underground and buses that killed 56, has become a thorn for the government as several opposition parties have asked Public Order Minister George Voulgarakis to appear in parliament to answer questions from fellow deputies regarding the case.
"Let's wait for the results of the ongoing investigation," Foreign Minister Petros Molyviatis told reporters after meeting with Karamanlis on December 28. "The government has already commented on this case."
The July 7 London bombings killed 56 people - including the four suspected suicide bombers, Britons of Pakistani descent. The Greek, British and Pakistani governments repeatedly have denied the claims. But Greek opposition lawmakers on December 27 called for an expanded judicial investigation.
"It is clear there has been a coverup of this issue at a high level," said Nikos Voutsis of the Left Coalition party. The socialist party said a hearing on the abduction claims has been scheduled for January 11.
"The question is whether this happened or not... If this indeed did happen, it creates problems for our national sovereignty," said Christos Papoutsis, a spokesman on security issues for the main opposition socialist Pasok party.
The Athens daily Rizospastis, mouthpiece of the Greek Communist Party, on December 28 put the blame on the New Democracy government and its Pasok predecessor. The paper's front page alleged the abductions are part of "secret agreements" signed between Greece and foreign agents.
In related news, George Karatzaferis, the charismatic leader of a rightwing populist party and one of Greece's 24 European parliament deputies in Brussels, informed Molyviatis about allegations that 24 immigrant Muslims were or are still being illegally detained at secret jails set up inside the American military base in Souda on the Greek island of Crete.
Story - Athens News, Reuters, AP - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/a4qrx
Related:
The MI6 station chief in Athens appears to be Nicholas Langman (see Greek spelling of the name in red box in Greek paper (Url), Counsellor at the British Embassy in Athens. Langman has been identified as an MI6 official by Steven Dorril in MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service: http://cryptome.org/mi6-sd36.htm.
* UK & D-Notice - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/pv2r
* Amnesty International - The American Gulag - Url.: http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGPOL100142005
* “We do not torture,” George W. Bush declared during a brief press conference - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9l5ma
* Google search - Results 1 - 10 of about 36,900,000 for Bush +torture. - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7a42c
* The Observer - UK - British admit being at terror grilling - Url.: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1676098,00.html
* Italian Court orders 22 CIA terrorists arrested - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/dt4g5
* "People do not forget. They do not forget the death of their fellows, they do not forget torture and mutilation, they do not forget injustice, they do not forget oppression, they do not forget the terrorism of mighty powers. They not only don't forget: they also strike back." - 2005 Nobel Literature Prize winner Harold Pinter - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9cyeq
* Reference guide to the Geneva Conventions - Url.: http://www.genevaconventions.org
* Al Qaeda – The Database - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/cqx69
* The 9/11 WTC drama was PNAC terror - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/9np7d - It was an inside job - Google - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/7tj9d
* Who's financing the globe's ordeal? - The 'Federal Reserve' is the absolute biggest crime against humanity ever - Url.: http://www.apfn.org/apfn/reserve.htm
* The infamous US 'Lie Factory' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/8ncal
* 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/
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