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Twenty-three Americans - all but one of them Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agents - and two Italian secret agents were convicted by an Italian court, in absentia, of kidnapping Hasan Mustafa Usama Nasr, known as Abu 'Umar. In Germany, Alexander Wiens was sentenced to life in prison for the stabbing murder of Marwa Sherbini, a pregnant Egyptian woman, in a German courtroom in July 2009.
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One of the CIA's "extraordinary renditions" has led to the Milan, Italy trial of 25 CIA agents and an U.S. Air Force colonel for having kidnapped Italian resident Mustafa Osama Nasr and flown him to Egypt where he was tortured - which included placing electrodes to various parts of his body to extract information for the CIA.
These operatives of our legendary CIA were caught scarlet- handed, having left a clear trail of cell-phone calls and bills paid at expensive Italian hotels. Also indicted in this contemptuous violation of the International Conventions Against Torture are members of the Italian secret service accused of being complicit with the CIA in this lawless kidnapping - the United States, of course, refuses to extradite the 26 Americans on trial. After all, the president repe...
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Since the Clinton presidency, the CIA has been conducting "extraordinary renditions" - kidnapping suspected terrorists in various parts of the world and sending them to countries known for torturing their prisoners. For the first time, authorities in Italy, where such an abduction had taken place, are issuing arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents involved in one of these lawless "renditions.
On Nov. 12, 2003, Hussan Mustafa Omar Nasr, a radical imam, on the way to daily prayers at a mosque in Milan (he had been under surveillance by Italian intelligence forces) was sprayed in the face with chemicals by eight CIA agents, shoved into a van, and rendered to his native Egypt on a Gulfstream IV executive jet (a plane often used for these CIA missions.)
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...El clérigo, Mustafa Osama Nasr, fue secuestrado en Milán en 2003 y tr...
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The exposure of CIA kidnapping ring is part of the growing revulsion throughout Europe and other parts of the world against such American gangsterism. Here, Hentoff talks about the devastating report of the Council of Europe on CIA involvement with kidnapping and torture.
... in Italy to snatch a radical imam, Hussan Mustafa Nasr, from a street in Milan. Flown on a CIA plane...
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Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, a radical Islamic cleric residing in M...
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Not much has changed in the ancient markets of Yemen's capital since al Qaeda made the country famous.
Men still spend their afternoons lounging outside their shops with tennis-ball-size wads of qat, a leaf chewed for its narcotic effects, bulging out of their cheeks. Women in black veils still bustle through the cobblestone alleys filled with barrels of dates, almonds and frankincense, before disappearing behind heavy wooden doors.
...Nasr Taha Mustafa, the chairman of the Yemen News Agenc...
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Presidential Press Secretary Tony Snow is certainly personable. As former Bill Clinton Press Secretary Mike McCurry says: "Tony has chilled the White House press corps, and that," McCurry told the New York Post, "is some Snow job, if you ask me." But Snow has also been a credible journalist - including after he served as a speechwriter and media adviser for former President George H.W. Bush.
Snow has also been a successful syndicated columnist, as well as appearing regularly in USA Today and in stints as editorial-page editor of the Detroit News and The Washington Times. Most recently, he's worked as a host and commentator at the Fox News Channel. I've long respected his work and recognize that a presidential spokesman cannot publicly rebut his boss.
... the CIA kidnapping of an imam, Hussan Mustafa Nasr, from a street in Milan -resulting in the CIA...
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council on Foreign Relations today released its online daily international affairs briefing which features top news from around the globe. The daily briefing is available on cfr.org. Today's briefing features news on the diplomacy aimed at ending Israel's conflict with Hezbollah and the prospects for UN sanctions against Iran.
Top of the Agenda: Diplomacy over Lebanon
... of radical Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr in 2003 (IHT). (http://www.iht.com/arti...