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Italy orders CIA kidnapping trial
An Italian judge has ordered 26 US citizens - most of them CIA agents - to stand trial over the kidnap of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003.
Osama Mustafa Hassan was allegedly seized by the CIA and flown to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.
Five Italians were also indicted by the judge, including Italy's ex-military intelligence chief, Nicolo Pollari.
The case would be the first criminal trial over the secret US practice known as "extraordinary rendition".
During rendition, people suspected of involvement in terror activities are taken from one country and flown to another, where many claim they are tortured.
Extradition decision
Most of the indicted US citizens are believed to have returned home from Italy.
The Italian government has yet to decide whether or not it wishes to request their extradition.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6368269.stm
Five Italians were also indicted by the judge, including Italy's ex-military intelligence chief, Nicolo Pollari.
The case would be the first criminal trial over the secret US practice known as "extraordinary rendition".
During rendition, people suspected of involvement in terror activities are taken from one country and flown to another, where many claim they are tortured.
Extradition decision
Most of the indicted US citizens are believed to have returned home from Italy.
The Italian government has yet to decide whether or not it wishes to request their extradition.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6368269.stm
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At least five Italians, including Nicolo Pollari, the former head of Italian military intelligence, were also ordered to stand trial.
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, was allegedly snatched from a Milan street and flown to Egypt, where he said he was tortured.
It is expected to be the first criminal trial over "renditions", one of the most controversial aspects of the Bush administration's "war on terror".
The trial will be the biggest ever of US intelligence agents in an allied country, although they will almost certainly be tried in absentia.
The Italian government has not yet sought the US citizens' extradition.
Legal battle
Bob Seldon Lady, the former CIA station chief in Milan and one of the defendants, said via his lawyer last month that he did not recognise the court.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/93807C2A-F6B8-4D4E-B14A-0264B5F917A5.htm
The Milan judge set a trial date for June 8. Prosecutors allege that five Italian intelligence officials worked with the Americans to abduct Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from a Milan street in February 2003.
The Americans will almost certainly be tried in absentia.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,,2014842,00.html