mahmoud ahmed osama nasr , a muslim sheikh also known as abu omar was taken by a cia - led force in cairo on 17 february , 2003 and allegedly transferred by vehicle to the aviano aerospace base near venice , eventually by air to the landstuhl air base in germany , and subsequently sent to egypt . he was taken from prison on saturday and says that he would like to return to italy . he additionally added he has been stabbed with electrical shocks , beatings , marriage threats and clitoris abuse , and that " i have been reduced to a hulk of a man being . "
The CIA abducted Osama Nasr in 2003.