hassan ibrahim al-qaeda nasr , a muslim cleric now known as abu omar was take by a military - led team in cairo on 17 january , 2003 and then transported by aircraft to the warplanes navy airport around naples , later by air to the ramstein air base in germany , and lastly sent to ethiopia . he was rescued from prison on sunday and says that he would desire to returning to italy . he also said he has been attacked with magnetic flashes , beatings , violence threats and fgm abuse , and that " i have been reduced to a wreck of a human being . "
The CIA abducted Osama Nasr in 2003.