Saturday, April 15, 2006
Milan Wants CIA Agents Extradited
Rome
The Milan, Italy prosecutor´s office said it will press ahead for the extradition of Central Intelligence agents that operated illegally in Italy.
The CIA agents were apparently involved in the 2003 kidnapping of terror suspect Egyptian Iman Asan Mustafa Osama Nasr, alias Abu Omar, from Milan and his transfer to Cairo through Germany.
The media gave the case broad coverage in 2005 amid denouncements of secret CIA flights and prisons in third countries when Abu Omar denounced that he was tortured by his guards.
Milan Prosecutor Armando Spataro, in charge of the probe into CIA covert operations in Italy, said he will confirm the extradition request to the government taking office in May.
The request, made last December along with 22 INTERPOL arrest warrants, prompted the resignation of Justice Minister Roberto Castelli.
The European Parliament is also investigating illegal CIA actions and subversion in Europe.
Italian Intelligence Director Nicolo Pollari said he was unaware of the CIA activities in Italy and that he learned of Abu Omar's abduction through the press.
Pollari claimed that secret services from third countries, even the US, circulate throughout Europe without supervision and absolute impunity.
European Council General Secretary Terry Davis revealed in Strasbourg, France, that one of its 46 member countries handed in terror suspects to the CIA.
In November Davis set a three-month deadline to submit information on the suspected CIA network of secret prisons in Europe for alleged Al-Qaeda members.
Davis' spokesman Matjas Gruden said the information will be released in two weeks.
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