The prosecutors have accused 22 Americans of kidnapping the cleric, Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, a terrorist suspect also known as Abu Omar. They contend he was snatched by the CIA and spirited away to a U.S.-Italian air base, flown to Germany and then to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.
The operation is believed to be part of the CIA's ''extraordinary rendition'' strategy to transfer terrorism suspects to third countries where some allegedly are subject to torture. |