Italians convict 23 Americans in rendition case

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Published Nov 04 2009 by BLACKFIVE

Italians convict 23 Americans in rendition case

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MILAN -- An Italian court on Wednesday convicted 22 CIA operatives and a U.S. Air Force colonel of orchestrating the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 and flying him to Egypt, where he said he was later...

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