melodius Posté 1 juillet 2005 Signaler Posté 1 juillet 2005 Italy and America Rendering unto Caesar Jun 30th 2005 | ROME From The Economist print edition A row over an alleged kidnapping of a terrorist suspect by the CIA RELATIONS between Italy and America have been tense ever since the accidental killing of an Italian intelligence officer by American troops in Iraq in March. Now a new sore has emerged: “extraordinary rendition”, the CIA's phrase for snatching terrorist suspects and sending them to third countries where torture is routine. This week Silvio Berlusconi's government, a staunch ally of the Bush administration, summoned the American ambassador in Rome to explain the disappearance in Milan two years ago of a Muslim cleric suspected of belonging to a militant Islamist group. Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr (or Abu Omar) was bundled into a van outside his house in February 2003. Italian prosecutors later intercepted calls to Italy in which Abu Omar said he had been whisked back to his native Egypt, jailed, tortured and released. Investigators have knitted together the story of what happened. They think that Abu Omar was taken to the Italian/American air base at Aviano, north of Venice, and then flown to another base at Ramstein in Germany for dispatch to Egypt. They have identified 19 agents—13 men and six women—who prepared or executed the kidnap. Most turned out to have assumed names, but at least two are real, including the alleged co-ordinator, a 51-year-old named Robert Seldon Lady, who was at the American consulate in Milan. The prosecutors' reconstruction was presented to a judge who, on June 24th, ordered the arrest of 13 American suspects, on charges of kidnapping. Her order has been passed to the European Union's prosecuting unit, Eurojust, which means that police across Europe will soon be obliged to arrest the suspects. Copies of their passport photographs have gone to forensic experts for image enhancement so that reliable pictures can be circulated. Nothing may happen, as none of the suspects is likely to be in Europe. But the political fallout remains awkward. One question is just how much was known in Italy. The assumption was always that friendly EU governments turned a blind eye to American “renditions”. But this affair challenges that. The anger of the investigators who had been trying to build a case against Abu Omar suggests that their prey was snatched from them without notice. And, speaking to parliament on June 30th, one of Mr Berlusconi's ministers flatly denied that the government had given its approval or even been informed in advance. On remarquera le juridisme pointilleux des Américains, leur grand respect des droits de l'homme et enfin les égards exagérés dont ils font preuve envers leurs alliés.
Taisei Yokusankai Posté 1 juillet 2005 Signaler Posté 1 juillet 2005 J'ai lu un papier dans le Soir il y a deux jours. Pas d'infos supplémentaires, si ce n'est une liste des sévices qu'aurait subi Abu Omar. Brrrr…. La banalité du mal dans l'empire du bien…
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