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The campaign, held under the banner 'Be Safe -- Ask Your Pharmacist', will focus on the importance of promoting medication safety at all levels and among healthcare professionals who prescribe the medicines and the public who use them. Full Article at Zawya.com
Lady currently operates a security and risk-mitigation business at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and may very well try to leave the United States on business, in which case he would be subject to arrest and return to Italy to serve his sentence. Full Article at Portland Indymedia
Abu Omar is an imam from Egyptian origin, who was kidnapped by the CIA from the streets of Milan. For more information on his kidnapping please refer to my original post here. Full Article at P.A.P. Blog - Politics, Art, and Philosophy
The United States of America owes much of the hope it has right now of remaining what John Adams called "a nation of laws, not men" to Italian law enforcement. Full Article at Democrats.com |
Wednesday, a court in Italy announced guilty verdicts and jail terms for nearly two dozen CIA agents and an Air Force Colonel tried in absentia in connection with the 2003 arrest and rendition of Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar to his... Full Article at HumanEvents.com
The whole Abu Omar affair stinks. Full Article at Anchor Rising
An Italian judge has convicted 23 Central Intelligence Agency officers of participating in the kidnapping and rendition of an Egyptian cleric in Milan in 2003. Full Article at World Politics Review
An Italian court hearing criminal charges against 26 American officials and a smaller group of Italians arising out of a CIA extraordinary rendition has ruled today. Full Article at Global Research
Milan prosecutor Armando Spataro has announced that 23 CIA agents have been found guilty in absentia for their role in the illegal kidnapping and rendition of Abu Omar from a Milan street to an Egyptian secret prison in 2003. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
We should capture terorists anywhere, any time, but we should get the job done right and with a minimum of bureaucracy. Real spying is inexpensive and requires few people. Full Article at BLACKFIVE
MILAN (AFP) An Italian judge Wednesday convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIAs kidnapping of Egyptian imam Osama Mustafa Hassan, better known as Abu Omar, in 2003. Full Article at The Nation
An Italian court recently sentenced 23 CIA employees in absentia for their role in the 2003 Abu Omar rendition. We should capture terrorists anywhere, any time, but we should get the job done right and with a minimum of bureaucracy. Full Article at The Corner
One of the 23 Americans convicted today by an Italian court says the United States "broke the law" in the CIA kidnapping of a Muslim cleric Abu Omar in Milan in 2003. Full Article at Michael Moore - This Just In
An Italian court sentenced 22 CIA operatives, including former Milan station chief Robert Lady, and one U.S. Air Force colonel in absentia for the 2003 abduction of Muslim cleric Hassan Moustafa Osama Nasr (or Abu Omar) in Milan. Full Article at The Week
MILAN, Nov. 4, 2009 - An Italian court's conviction of 23 agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for kidnapping is an historic repudiation of the CIA's crimes, Human Rights Watch said today. Full Article at YubaNet
Recent news articles outline the extents of the debate over what constitutes a licit national defense. Full Article at Belmont Club
Here’s a question for you. Is extraordinary rendition a US phenomenon, a European practice or even something supported and facilitated right here in Britain? Full Article at The Telegraph
The Americans were all tried in absentia because the United States refused to extradite them. Full Article at International Business Times
A couple of posts ago, my colleague Steve B was talking about what it must be like to be walking down a street in Madrid when you get stopped by what turns out to be a violent gang of police officers …. Full Article at Amnesty International
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Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall as his client chats with another man while he assembles a string of prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009.
View Photo »Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia.
View Photo »Abu Omar shows off a basket full of beads to a client (unseen) at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia.
View Photo »Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009.
View Photo »Prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009.
View Photo »Judge Oscar Magi reads the sentence during the trial of Abu Omar in Milan November 4, 2009.
View Photo »Italian judge Oscar Maggi reads on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court, the verdict at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian judge Oscar Maggi reads on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court, the verdict at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian judge Oscar Maggi reads on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court, the verdict at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Carabinieri stand outside the court on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »A folder reading 'notes on the defence in the Abu Omar case' lays on a desk on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian judge Oscar Maggi listens on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro (L) speaks to the court on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »Italian prosecutor Armando Spataro speaks on November 4, 2009 at a Milan's court at the end of the trial of 26 US secret agents in the 2003 abduction of a terror suspect, Osama Mustafa Hassan, an imam better known as Abu Omar, from a Milan street.
View Photo »A protester holds up a poster with writing reading in Italian "Justice for Abu Omar" above a picture of Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, outside Milan's court house while the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of orchestrating a CIA-led kid...
View Photo »A man walks past a banner with writing reading in Italian "Justice for Abu Omar", put up in front of Milan's court house while the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of orchestrating a CIA-led kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect, Muslim cleric Osama Moustafa Hassan Na...
View Photo »Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, shows what he says is a scar on his arm, at a court house in Alexandria in a February 22, 2007 file photo.
View Photo »A coffee shop workers lays out cups while a local Iraqi television channel shows the confession of an Iraqi man allegedly Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, said to be the leader of the local Al-Qaeda umbrella group blamed for a wave of bloodshed across the nation on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »A journalist watches a local Iraqi television channel showing the confession of an Iraqi man allegedly Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, said to be the leader of the local Al-Qaeda umbrella group blamed for a wave of bloodshed across the nation on May 18, 2009.
View Photo »In this image grab taken from the Al-Iraqiya television station, a picture of allegedly Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, said to be the leader of the local Al-Qaeda umbrella group blamed for a wave of bloodshed across the nation, is shown in a televised confession during a press conference in Bagh...
View Photo »U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns arrives for a meeting with Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebar in Baghdad on 12 May 2009.
View Photo »Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (R) meets U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns (L) in Baghdad on 12 May 2009.
View Photo »A man who Iraqi government claims to be Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the leader of the al-Qaida run Islamic State of Iraq terrorist group, is seen on monitors as government showed his taped confession to journalist in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 18, 2009.
View Photo »Iraqi Abu Omar threads beads at his stall where he makes and repairs prayer beads known in Arabic as Masbaha in Baghdad, on November 11, 2009. The beads that Abu Omar threads are imported from China and India and the more valuable amber comes from Russia.
View Photo »The Bush administration erected a wall of silence, refusing to acknowledge the Abu Omar case or the role its own intelligence agents played in it
The CIA has not commented on any of the allegations surrounding [the kidnapped man] Abu Omar.
We are disappointed by the verdicts against the Americans and Italians charged in Milan for their alleged involvement in the case involving Egyptian cleric Abu Omar ... The judge has not yet issued a written opinion so we're not in a position to comment further on the decision.
The CIA has not commented on any of the allegations surrounding Abu Omar
The kidnapping was an action against the security of the state, not in favor of it, which destroyed some of the life of Abu Omar, his wife and their family
The kidnapping of Imam Abu Omar on Feb. 17, 2003 damaged the fight against terrorism by offering to the same terrorists an excuse to give sermons that gave the impression that ours is not a real democracy but a so-called democracy
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