Italy suspects U.S. snatched missing imam

[NNN0LHI]

http://feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=e9f1fcec630e4865

Italian prosecutors are investigating whether the CIA smuggled a suspected militant Islamic imam out of Italy two years ago, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has begun seeking answers to the disappearance of controversial Egyptian-born cleric Hassan Osama Nasr, who was last seen in Milan Feb. 17, 2003, being bundled into a minivan by a group of men.

Fifteen months later, Nasr telephoned his wife and friends and said he had been blindfolded, driven to a military base, then flown to Egypt, where he was tortured. His whereabouts now are unknown.

The newspaper said the situation has the hallmarks of a so-called extraordinary rendition, in which U.S. counter-terrorism agents seize and transport suspects to third countries without seeking court permission.

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[Justyce]

1. At this rate, will there

be any countries left that don't hate us??

Oh.... I forgot Poland....

[kevinmc]

2. Sounds Like one ..........

of the hazing's Limbaugh talked about.

[malaise]

3. Check this for more love

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4320111.stm

Italian reporter Giuliana Sgrena has been taken to a hospital in Baghdad with gunshot wounds shortly after being freed from her kidnappers in Iraq.

Ms Sgrena was being driven to Baghdad airport when a US patrol fired at the car, injuring the journalist in the shoulder and killing an officer. <snip>

[Karenina]

4. Winning friends

and influencing people? :shrug:

[Rose Siding]

5. They just disappeared him?

We'll have to eat salad with freedom dressing

[LynnTheDem]

6. Kidnapping, "disappearing", indefinite detainments, no trials, no lawyers,

torture, rape, murder, illegal unprovoked invasions & occupations...

America's really racking up the evil-doer points.