German Lawmakers Fault Abduction Probe
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BERLIN -- More than two years after a German citizen reported being kidnapped in the Balkans by the CIA, several lawmakers here are criticizing prosecutors for not conducting a more aggressive investigation into the bungled counterterrorism operation.
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BERLIN -- German prosecutors yesterday said arrest warrants have been issued for 13 CIA operatives accused of the abduction of Khaled al-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese heritage who was kidnapped in the Balkans in early 2004, flown to a secret prison in Afghanistan, and grilled for months before his captors decided he had no terrorist ties and released him.
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Joschka Fischer, Germany's foreign minister, was fighting for his political life last night after accepting the blame for a legal loophole that allegedly allowed tens of thousands of criminals from the ...
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Germany denied allegations on Friday that prominent al Qaeda prisoners, including an accused mastermind of the September 11 attacks, may have been secretly questioned at a U.S. base on its soil.
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STRASBOURG, France  - European Union lawmakers clashed on Wednesday over whether they had enough evidence to accuse their governments of colluding with the CIA on alleged secret flights of terrorism suspects in the bloc.
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German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have issued arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents who allegedly abducted a German citizen in an apparent anti-terrorist operation gone wrong, in the latest European legal challenge to U.S. treatment of terror suspects.
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A U.S. human rights group urged German  prosecutors Tuesday to investigate accusations that Defense  Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior U.S. officers are guilty  of war crimes over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
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An investigation of alleged German tax evaders has fueled angst not only among wealthy Germans, but also among politicians facing an angry public
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German state security officials urged the government Friday make training at a terror camp a crime, following a foiled bomb plot by alleged Islamic radicals believed to have undergone paramilitary training in Pakistan.
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BERLIN, Sept. 23 -- German authorities confirmed Sunday that they have dropped efforts to seek the extradition of 13 CIA operatives charged in the kidnapping of a German citizen in the Balkans four years ago.
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Investigators working on a massive tax probe in Germany have details of conversations between suspects and the Liechtenstein bank allegedly involved, a press report said on Wednesday.
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A German citizen is believed to have been kidnapped in Afghanistan, a German foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday.
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Germany faced Friday what a police source described as its biggest tax evasion probe ever after "hundreds" of people, including prominent figures, were said to have hidden assets in Liechtenstein.
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Afghan authorities have arrested four people suspected of being involved in the kidnap of a German national, an Afghan minister was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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A US human rights group urged German prosecutors Tuesday to investigate accusations that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and senior US officers are guilty of war crimes over the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal.
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A German who says he was kidnapped three  years ago and held for months in Afghanistan by the CIA was  given money by the Americans to keep quiet, a former German  minister said on Thursday.
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German prosecutors said Wednesday that they have issued arrest warrants for 13 suspected CIA agents who allegedly abducted a German citizen in an apparent anti-terrorist operation gone wrong, in the latest ...Comment