Posted on 12/23/2005 9:47:17 AM PST by reg45
MILAN (Reuters) - 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.
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 European Union warrant is automatically valid across the 25-nation bloc and does not require approval of any government.
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Come get 'em
Don't send the Italian Keystone cops --
I think I can hear Porter Goss laughing from here in my office (about 6 miles away from Langley).
22 Agents? Maybe they are using a broad brush?
You know, if they'd stop letting these guys go, it would make it much more difficult for them to talk to the press.
Not to quibble, but almost everything a spy does is illegal. Thats one of several reasons you maintain a spy agency, to do things that are illegal. You give them fake names, fake ID, fake jobs, and you whisk them in and out as you need to.
If they get caught, they may have to do some time, or you may just have to pay a judge and get them off. Or remind the judge that you've got those photos he doesn't want published, and away you go.
If its legal, you have your diplomats do it. If its illegal, you have those other guys do it.
I want to see the italians try and arrest american cia personel. Let the fireworks begin!
Declare war on the EU, destroy their cities, incinerate any resistors and take their land as our own.
What this means is that the accused agents would be foolish to leave the US because,if they do,there's a very good chance that they'll be arrested and extradited to Italy.
Other than Australia,I can't think of another country that wouldn't extradite them in a heartbeat.
Oh well,I guess they'll just have to vacation in Florida instead of the Bahamas and in the Colorado Rockies rather than the Canadian Rockies.
how did the italians find out the identity of the supposed cia agents? article doesnt say.
LOL I wouldnt go that far. :/
Yeah, I know. It is just so absurd. Maybe they could direct their ire at some bad guys.
I was hoping that she was on the list!
When a 767 crashes into the Coliseum the Italians will start paying attention.Likewise,the French....nothing less than a 767 hitting The Louve will get *their* attention.
The down side of that is bad guys do bad things and someone might get hurt.
Give the land to Israel. Everybody wins. :-)
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