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| Italian court issues arrest warrant for CIA agents |
| 2005-12-24 |
| F*&kers - we need to rethink our aliances - Italian and Spanish prosecutors need to rethink their position in this world... An Italian court yesterday issued a Europe-wide arrest warrant for 22 CIA agents accused of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from Milan and flying him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. The move raises the stakes in the dispute between Europe and America over the CIA's controversial policy of "extraordinary rendition". It means that police forces in Britain and the 24 other members of the EU would be legally obliged to arrest any of the suspects, who would be sent back to Italy under a fast-track system adopted as a counter-terrorist measure after the September 11 attacks. The same procedure was used to return Hussain Osman, one of the alleged would-be suicide bombers in London on July 21, after he was tracked down to Italy. The Italian prosecutor, Armando Spataro, said he had also asked Interpol to try to detain the CIA agents anywhere in the world. Magistrates in Milan believe that a CIA team abducted Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, otherwise known as Abu Omar, off a Milan street as he made his way to a mosque in February 2003. The wanted men include the alleged head of the CIA Milan sub-station, identified as Robert Seldon Lady, who retired to a villa in northern Italy but slipped out of the country before arrest warrants were issued in July. Prosecutors issued the warrants in apparent frustration with the justice minister, Roberto Castelli, who appears to have been stalling on their demand that the Italian government request their extradition from America. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #7 obviously EU applications for visas need the Saudi and Paki treatment - 6 months in an in basket while in depth checkas are done. This dickhead prosecutor should have all visas denied |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-24 20:05 |
| #6 Hmmm, well I think it is time to accelerate our troop withdrawel from Western Europe. Break off any intelligence exchanges with them. Anything that comes from Italy, Spain, or Belgium,needs to be carefully examined, again, and again, and again. A six month stay in quaratntine ought to do it. Any visa application to the US from the EU countries will need careful consideration, say about six months. Every Italian military attache needs to be declared persona non grata. If they are going to declare the US to be nation of demons let's live down to their expectations and have some fun. |
| Posted by: toad 2005-12-24 19:34 |
| #5 Maybe not a nighttime visit, but I'd sure declare him personna non gratta in the U.S. and never let him in. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-12-24 16:17 |
| #4 btw I know alliances has two l's...d'oh! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-24 16:12 |
| #3 I wouldn't mind if Spataro was given a nighttime visit by the big bad CIA |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-12-24 16:11 |
| #2 My first point "fast-track system" and the UK you got to be kidding? Fast track for them means 10 years. Second point cut this pile of Chumps loose. What are we gaining from any relationship with the EU. All they do is sandbag us an propagandize against us in their press. Screw them. Let them enjoy their dhimmi status. |
| Posted by: Mahou Sensei Negi-bozu 2005-12-24 15:49 |
| #1 Wow. I'm sure they'll be as fashionable in their dhimmitude as the French. The nuances required of campaigning in a country with such large socialist / communist / moonbat segments must be daunting... But there will be consequences that Berlusconi & Co will certainly regret. Spataro will likely find his political future stunted, unless he can paint himself the "ist" hero. There's no coming back from such a position, though. Imagine pulling back from the entire EU, leaving them to fend for themselves - in every way and in every respect. That may be the eventuality of the actions and positions the various leaders have taken over the last 5 years. Spataro just may have made Pat Buchanan a happy man, though it's not obvious, yet. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-12-24 15:41 |