Passion Islam I November 2009 NEWS I 3
CIA agents jailed over
Muslim cleric kidnap
An Italian judge has convicted 23 Prosecutors said Abu Omar
Americans - all but one of them CIA was taken as part of a series of
agents - and two Italian secret agents extraordinary renditions carried out by
of the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric. the CIA - when terror suspects were
The agents were accused of moved between countries without any
abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama public legal process.
Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan They told the court Abu Omar had
and sending him to Egypt, where been kidnapped on a Milan street
he was allegedly tortured, the BBC in 2003 and flown to Germany, then
reports. Egypt, where he was held for years
The trial, which began in June until being released without charge.
2007, is the first involving the CIA’s Judge Oscar Magi acquitted the
so-called “extraordinary rendition” CIA chief for Rome, Jeffrey Castelli,
programme. saying he was protected by state
Three Americans and five Italians secrecy laws, as were the former
were acquitted by the court in Milan. head of Italy’s military intelligence
The Americans were all tried in agency, Nicolo Pollari, and his deputy,
their absence after the United States Marco Mancini.
refused to extradite them. Mr Pollari, who resigned over
The CIA’s Milan station chief at the
years in prison. One was not identified
the affair, told the court this year
time, Robert Lady, was jailed for eight
by prosecutors as a CIA agent.
that documents showing he had no
years, while the other 22 Americans The Italian agents were jailed for involvement in the kidnapping were
convicted were sentenced to five three years. classified under secrecy laws.
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