Posted on 02/01/2007 3:32:39 PM PST by mylife
German arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents
Indo-Asian News Service
Munich, February 1, 2007
German prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 13 people believed to have been working for the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in connection with the 2003 abduction of a German citizen suspected of being a terrorist.
The 13 suspects were crew and passengers on an aircraft that flew Khaled el-Masri from Macedonia to Afghanistan.
Germany's NDR television said on Wednesday that 11 men and two women were listed in the arrest warrant. Prosecutors suspect most of the names are CIA aliases. Among those listed are Kirk James Bird, James Ohale, James Fairing, Jane Payne and Patricia Riloy.
Prosecutors are attempting to determine the real names of the 13 people who are accused of false imprisonment and torture.
In Washington, US state department spokesman Sean McCormack said the US was awaiting more details about the arrest warrants.
"These warrants have been issued, I understand, by a local prosecutor, so it is not the typical bilateral-to-bilateral exchange that you might have with the federal government," he said. The CIA declined to comment on the case.
German officials say they expect little help from the US and the 13 are unlikely to be detained unless they return to a European Union country.
El-Masri's lawyer hailed the move.
"German authorities will not accept the criminal activities of CIA agents against a German citizen," Manfred Gnijdic said.
El-Masri was detained on the Macedonian-Serbian border in December 2003 and was then reportedly flown to Kabul in a plane that arrived from the Spanish airport at Palma de Mallorca.
A Muslim of Lebanese origin who lives in southern Germany, el-Masri says he was imprisoned by US agents in Macedonia and tortured in Afghanistan, then released. He said the Americans accused him of being a terrorist.
A parliamentary inquiry into the case has been told that then US ambassador to Germany, Daniel Coats, informed Berlin officials on May 31, 2004 that el-Masri had been mistakenly detained, then freed.
they were probably German citizens
They are also protected under NATO protocols
This is just a show for the Teutonic Leftwing Whackos.
My CIA alias would be Buddy Strong. Nobody would suspect a guy named Buddy of being a CIA agent.
The Third Reich is back....I wonder what Germany has to hide?? Islamofascist relations???
Oh jeez. Not this again.
I see absolutely nothing wrong with this. The guy was a German citizen who had done nothing wrong. You can be damn sure that we would be reacting in the same, or stronger, if the Germans had, for example, gone to another country and arrested an American citizen who had done nothing wrong.
But, I'm sure that this will just turn into another German bashing thread. Pay no attention to the kidnapping of an innocent man.
Yeah and Reid the shoe bomber was a british citizen
...printed on the little baggies they pick up doggie doo with
Snort!
This the country that John Kerry attempted to sell as the ally that would defend us, go to war with us, defeat Iraq, etc. etc.
I guess the most frightening part is that over 40% of our voters believed him.
Oh and Adam Ghadan is a US citizen.
What I like to see is our Allies cooperate in the WOT.
Im not condoning the CIA swooping on a German citizen in Germany, But I am saying it would be ideal if our so called allies would have picked the guy up themselves.
Innocent people are brought in for questioning all the time everywhere in the world. He was innicent, he was released.
As to the alleged torture, wheres the proof?
L0L yes german authorities outed CIA operative Jane Payne
Hogan looks like he's having a grand time!
Where Rummy in this ROFL I hear Germans may arrest Rummy that what I hear Monk
BOY you really nail Hogan Heroes reset Monk ROFL RACK ITT
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