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Breaking: CIA agents guilty of Italy
kidnap<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8343123.stm> --22 Americans
convicted were sentenced to five years in prison, in absentia 04
Nov 2009 An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans - all but one
of them CIA agents - and two Italian secret agents of the 2003
kidnap of a Muslim cleric. The agents were accused of abducting
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan and sending
him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured. The trial, which
began in June 2007, is the first involving the CIA's so-called
"extraordinary rendition" programme. Three Americans and five
Italians were acquitted by the court in Milan. The Americans were
all tried in their absence after the US refused to extradite them.

Rendition trial ends with Milan CIA chief given eight
years<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/04/cia-guilty-rendition-abu-om
ar> --First prosecution for US abduction of suspects to torture
states --Italian court convicts Robert Lady and 23 others in absentia
04 Nov 2009 The former head of the CIA in Milan has been given an
eight-year jail sentence for kidnapping at the end of the first
trial anywhere in the world involving the agency's "extraordinary
rendition" programme. Robert Lady was tried in his absence and
convicted of helping to organise the seizure of Osama Moustafa
Hassan Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street in February
2003. His superior, Jeff Castelli, the head of the CIA in Italy at
the time, was acquitted on the grounds that he was covered by
diplomatic immunity. Most of the other 23 alleged CIA operatives
on trial were given five-year jail sentences in their absence.
Extraordinary rendition involved the abduction of suspects and their
forcible transfer for interrogation to third countries, often states
in which torture was routinely employed.

Iraq Fails to Agree on Election
Law<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125735347319728399.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_s...
ons_world> 04 Nov 2009 Iraqi lawmakers failed again to agree on
national-election legislation on Wednesday, and the country's
'election' commission warned the vote--scheduled for January--would
have to be delayed if the law doesn't pass this week. That ultimatum
sets up Thursday's session as the last one in which Iraq's various
blocs can hammer out a deal. Delaying the elections will likely
require approval by a high court, because the Iraqi constitution
requires the country to hold an election by the end of January.

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