Italian, U.S. agents urge govts to stop CIA trial
By Phil Stewart
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. and Italian spies urged their governments on Tuesday to prevent them going on trial over the 2003 kidnapping of a terrorism suspect, as an Italian judge began hearing arguments on whether to indict them.
Judge Caterina Interlandi must decide if there is enough evidence for a trial. If so, it would be the first criminal procedure over renditions, one of the most controversial aspects of U.S. President George W. Bush's global "war on terrorism".
The agents are accused of involvement in abducting Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr and sending him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. The suspects include 26 Americans, most believed to be CIA agents, and six Italians. None of the suspects attended Tuesday's closed-door courtroom hearing, lawyers said. . . . http://sg.news.yahoo.com/070109/3/45v1n.html
By Phil Stewart
MILAN (Reuters) - U.S. and Italian spies urged their governments on Tuesday to prevent them going on trial over the 2003 kidnapping of a terrorism suspect, as an Italian judge began hearing arguments on whether to indict them.
Judge Caterina Interlandi must decide if there is enough evidence for a trial. If so, it would be the first criminal procedure over renditions, one of the most controversial aspects of U.S. President George W. Bush's global "war on terrorism".
The agents are accused of involvement in abducting Muslim cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr and sending him to Egypt, where he says he was tortured. The suspects include 26 Americans, most believed to be CIA agents, and six Italians. None of the suspects attended Tuesday's closed-door courtroom hearing, lawyers said. . . . http://sg.news.yahoo.com/070109/3/45v1n.html
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