Posted on 11/15/2005 4:04:11 PM PST by blam
Spanish police expose more CIA links to secret flights of detainees
· 42 operatives traced going through Palma airport
· Names unearthed match Italian and German inquiries
Giles Tremlett in Madrid
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The Guardian (UK)
Spanish police have traced up to 42 suspected CIA operatives believed to have taken part in secret flights carrying detained or kidnapped Islamist terror suspects to interrogation centres and jails in Afghanistan, Egypt and elsewhere.
A Spanish police report seen by the New York Times provides the names of the mainly American crew and passengers of a dozen suspect flights that landed in Palma de Mallorca in 2003 and 2004. The flights were allegedly part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme, in which, say human rights groups, suspected extreme Islamists are taken to be interrogated in countries where US human rights rules on torture do not apply.
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A more reputable paper would say "alledge" rather than "expose."
We'll see how long it takes the Plame alarmists to out CIA operatives all over the Middle-East. I'll bet they are kicking themselves now! That won't stop them.
Do the Spanish really want these terrorists back? Because we can always just drop them off with a full load of ammunition and a couple pounds of TNT wherever the Spanish designate.
So, the Dems aren't indicting them for outing CIA agents because...
I hope its true.
Suuuuuuuuure I do.
This is why you don't give up airbases like Rota and Moron etc in high traffic air corridors.
Spain has lost it's senses. The US operatives should just declare future detainees as members of diplomatic attaches and be done with it.
It is truly unfortunate that Francisco Franco is still dead.
No more Spanish nuts or Spanish onions for me!
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