RIGHTS:  Italian Intelligence Battle over Abducted Cleric
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ROME, Feb 13 (IPS) - Abu Omar apparently never knew he had been tailed,  so he did not notice that the Italian  political crime  investigation unit, DIGOS, had stopped following him. But the  head of the  Central Intelligence Agency in Milan Robert Seldon  Lady knew that DIGOS had aborted the  chase, and that facilitated  the abduction of the Egyptian cleric.
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A judge will hear arguments next month on whether to indict 26 Americans and five Italian secret service officials in the 2003 alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan _ a case that continues to be an ...Comment
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Italian prosecutors on Tuesday asked a  judge to order CIA agents and Italian spies to stand trial on  charges of kidnapping a terrorism suspect and flying him to  Egypt, where he says he was tortured, a court source said.
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MILAN - An Italian judge indicted 25 suspected CIA agents and a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel Friday in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who had been under investigation for recruiting Islamist ...Comment
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A bitter row breaks out in Italy over a decision  to dismiss terrorist charges against five Islamic fundamentalists
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CAIRO -- Egyptian authorities have released a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt, the cleric's lawyer said yesterday.
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An Italian prosecutor requested the indictment of 26 Americans and five Italian secret service officials on a charge of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003 _ a case that continues to be an irritant ...Comment
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An Iraqi armed group has kidnapped an Italian journalist missing since last week and has threatened to kill him unless Italy withdraws its troops from Iraq in 48 hours, al-Jazeera reported.
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Italy's spy chief, who is under investigation in the alleged CIA abduction of an Egyptian cleric, was replaced on Monday, Italian news reports said.Comment
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An Italian judge has ordered 26 Americans to stand trial for the kidnapping of an Egyptian imam, setting up the first criminal examination of the CIA's &quot;extraordinary rendition&quot; programme.
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MILAN -- An Italian judge indicted 25 suspected CIA agents and a US Air Force lieutenant colonel yesterday in the alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric who had been under investigation for recruiting Islamist fighters.
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MILAN, Italy -- The first trial involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program was suspended by a judge yesterday until the country's highest court rules on an Italian government challenge that the case was built on classified evidence.
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The government on Monday replaced the head of Italy's military intelligence agency, who was under investigation for the alleged CIA abduction of an Egyptian cleric and links to a fake dossier that purported to ...Comment
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KUWAIT CITY -- Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini appealed for a &quot;civilized dialogue&quot; between religions as he stood inside Kuwait&#39;s Grand Mosque at the start of a Middle East visit he hopes will help win the release of two Italian women kidnapped in
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BAGHDAD : Moqtada Sadr&#39;s militiamen remained in control of their Najaf mosque stronghold, as fears grew that an Italian journalist missing in Iraq since Thursday was kidnapped.
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A judge will hear arguments next month on whether to indict 26 Americans and five Italian secret service officials in the 2003 alleged kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in Milan &#151; a case that continues to be an irritant to U.S.-Italian relations.
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Prime Minister Romano Prodi and his predecessor Silvio Berlusconi will not be called to testify on behalf of Italy's former spy chief, who is accused of helping the CIA kidnap a terrorism suspect, a judge ruled ...Comment