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Headlines : Human RightsGerman Judge Issues Arrest Warrants for CIA Agents for Kidnapping
German prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for thirteen CIA operatives linked to the kidnapping and torture of German citizen Khaled El-Masri. The arrest warrants were announced at a time that the US practice known as extraordinary rendition is coming under increasing scrutiny around the globe. We speak with award-winning journalist Stephen Grey.
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German prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for thirteen CIA operatives linked to the kidnapping and torture of a German citizen three years ago. The man — Khaled El-Masri — was seized in Macedonia and then flown on a CIA jet to a secret U.S. jail in Afghanistan. He was held for five months, tortured and then released.
The arrest warrants for the CIA agents were announced at a time that the US practice known as extraordinary rendition is coming under increasing scrutiny around the globe. In Italy, another 26 CIA agents face prosecution for their role in the abduction of the Egyptian cleric Abu Omar off the streets of Milan. In Spain, a judge ruled on Thursday for the state’s intelligence agency to declassify any documents it has about secret CIA flights.
Meanwhile the Canadian government agreed last week to pay nearly nine million dollars to Maher Arar. He is the Canadian citizen who was seized by U.S. officials in Kennedy airport in 2002 and then sent to a Syrian jail where he was tortured. Khaled El-Masri, Abu Omar and Maher Arar were all seized as part of the secretive U.S. program known as extraordinary rendition. El- Masri and Arar tried to…
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MAybe we could have Bush and Cheney extradited to Germany – it’d be quicker and easier then impeaching them.
CIA operatives suspected of kidnapping left paper trail: If not for the pit stops on a Mediterranean resort island, where they relaxed in four-star hotels and went to the spa for a massage, the CIA operatives who now face arrest on kidnapping charges in Germany would have remained safely in the shadows, according to German prosecutors.
where’s Izzy when you need him most.
neurolingo, do not forget about Carl Rove, Rumsfeld and all of the members of Carlyle Group, Halliburton, United Defense, Chase Manhattan, United Fruit Company, United Mining Company, the IMF, The Pentagon, and many more.