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Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case

Abducted...Abu Omar, militant Egyptian cleric

ROME: An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans of kidnapping an Egyptian cleric off the streets of Milan in 2003, a landmark verdict against one of the CIA's most valued anti-terrorism tools - a practice known as extraordinary rendition. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald

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