Friday, June 24, 2005

Italian Court Calls "Extraordinary Rendition" Ordinary Kidnapping

and so ordered the arrest of 13 Americans, all affiliated with the US Consulate in Milan, claiming they are CIA operatives. Seems the court believes they were involved in the kidnapping of an Egyptian imam off the streets in Milan, and had him sent to Egypt where, the imam's family says, he is being tortured.

Extraordinary Rendition is the US policy of sending terrorism suspects to other countries to be interrogated.

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