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Prosecution Rests in Italy’s CIA Kidnapping Trial

HeadlineOct 01, 2009

In Italy, prosecutors have rested their case in the trial over the CIA kidnapping of the Egyptian cleric Abu Omar. Twenty-six Americans are being tried in absentia along with several former Italian intelligence officials. Omar was seized on the streets of Milan in 2003 and taken to US bases in Italy and Germany before being sent to Egypt. He says he was tortured there during a four-year imprisonment. Prosecutors are seeking sentences of up to thirteen years in prison.

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