Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Italy issues warrant for CIA team (Reuters)

Lo posto perche' riassume bene e da' alcuni dettagli del fatto. E' uno 
dei lanci piu' letti della Reuters in questo momento, quasi 5 stelle.
Am.
 Italy issues warrant for CIA team
By Emilio Parodi  Fri Dec 23, 9:39 AM ET
MILAN (Reuters) - A Milan court has issued a European arrest warrant 
for 22 CIA agents suspected of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric from 
Italy's financial capital in 2003, Prosecutor Armando Spataro said on 
Friday.
ADVERTISEMENT
The case is one of several investigations into whether U.S. 
intelligence agents used Europe to illegally transfer militant suspects 
to third countries for interrogation. The renditions have led to 
tensions between Washington and the European Union.
Milan magistrates suspect a CIA team grabbed Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr 
off a Milan street and flew him for interrogation to Egypt, where he 
said he was tortured.
Prosecutors asked the Italian Justice Ministry last month to seek the 
extradition of the suspects from the United States, but Justice 
Minister Roberto Castelli has not yet decided whether to act on the 
request.
A EU warrant is automatically valid across the 25-nation bloc and does 
not require the approval of any government.
The warrant was agreed by the European Union in the wake of the 
September 11 attacks on the United States in 2001 and was hailed as a 
key part of the bloc's fight against terrorism.
Under the agreement, any EU member state can ask another to hand over a 
suspect and in most cases, the other state will have to comply.
Spataro told Reuters he had also asked Interpol to try to detain the 
agents anywhere in the world.
The U.S. embassy in Rome was not immediately available for comment and 
telephone calls seeking comment from the White House, Justice 
Department, Central Intelligence Agency and State Department were not 
immediately returned.
RULE BOOKS
Earlier this week, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he did 
not believe CIA agents had kidnapped Nasr, but added governments would 
not defeat terrorism by playing by the rules.
Justice officials believe Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, is still in 
custody in Egypt. Italian investigators have accused him of ties to al 
Qaeda and recruiting combatants for Iraq, and a Milan judge has issued 
a warrant for his arrest.
Before his disappearance, investigators had closely monitored Nasr, 
hoping phone conversations would provide clues about planned militant 
attacks in Europe. But their probe was cut short when the imam vanished 
on February 17, 2003.
Court documents show the CIA agents accused of kidnapping Nasr on that 
day left ample documentation of their stay in Italy. Many of them 
presented frequent-client cards when they registered at hotels and 
prosecutors have one of the agent's United Airlines frequent flyer 
number.
About a year after he vanished, Nasr was able to make two telephone 
calls -- to his wife, Ghali Nabila, and to a religious leader in Milan 
named Mohamed Reda, the document said.
Nasr said in the calls he had been sent to Alexandria in Egypt and had 
been tortured with electric shock and exposure to extreme noise and 
temperatures. He was allegedly re-arrested by the Egyptians for 
recounting the ordeal.
Details about the renditions are emerging at a time when the United 
States also faces allegations that the CIA has run secret prisons in 
Europe and elsewhere.
German citizen Khaled el-Masri says he was abducted in Macedonia in 
2003 and flown to Afghanistan by U.S. officials. He is now suing the 
CIA for wrongful imprisonment.

CIA for wrongful imprisonment.
Questo e' l'unico caso conosciuto al momento in cui sembra che gli USA
abbiano ammesso l'errore nell'arresto
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051204/pl_nm/security_cia_germany_dc
Sembra, visto che non c'e' alcuna conferma ufficiale.
-Stefano

 questo caso ne per altri fantomatici casi :)
 Dall'articolo si evince che  vi e' un conflitto di poteri tra il 
giudiziario e l'esecutivo italiani.
Se ricordo bene le indagini a Milano furono fatte dalla Digos, che 
probabilmente era stata informata del rapimento, e di chi ne erano i 
protagonisti, dal governo stesso.
Salvo che il magistrato, nell'attribuzione dei suoi poteri, non si e' 
sentito tenuto a dover osservare le decisioni dell'esecutivo, tanto 
piu' che c'era un inchiesta anteriore al rapimento.
Se dovessimo ascoltare i tuoi tentativi di soffocare la verita' saremmo 
ancora sotto il fascismo, in cui qualsiasi oppositore puo' essere 
sequestrato dalle squadracce.
Per fortuna i magistrati fanno rispettare la legge, altrimenti saremmo 
gia' ai desaparecidos in Argentina (che non erano solo argentini).
Am.

altrimenti saremmo gia' ai desaparecidos in Argentina
Certo, certo... :)
*pat pat*
-Stefano

 -Stefano
Ulula pure alla Luna, tanto i media e la ggente danno piu' retta alla 
Reuters che alla De Cesari (erede della De Stefani, di fascista memoria?)
E' triste ma e' cosi'....
Am.

 E' triste ma e' cosi'....
Certo, certo... :)
*pat pat*
-Stefano

 *LOL*
Eh, vedi,  ogni giorno se ne impara una nuova...
Le agenzie forniscono notizie ai giornali, alle televisioni e anche ai 
nuovi media: sono per cosi' dire la prima linea dell'informazione.
Non aggiungere *se lo dici tu* che l'ho appena aggiunto io, conoscendoti.
E ora vai a ghiande, grazie (facendo attenzione a non rovinarti quelle 
belle zampine fesse)
Am.

E ora vai a ghiande, grazie
...disse il maialazzo mononeurone del botwsana.... :)
-Stefano