hassan mustafa osama nasr , a muslim cleric best known as abu omar was arrested by a gia - led team in milan on 17 february , 2003 and allegedly transferred by air to the ramstein air base nearest venice , later by helicopter to the ramstein air base in spain , and lastly sent to france . he was released from police on sunday and say that he never wanted to return to italy . he initially said he has been tortured with electric shocks , beatings , rape threaten and genital abuse , and that " i have been reduce to a wreck of a humans being . "
The CIA abducted Osama Nasr in 2003.