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The War Profiteers - War Crimes,
Kidnappings, Torture and Big Money |
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September 24th,
2008 - Italian Lawyers Seek Condoleezza Rice Testimony |
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Italian Lawyers
Seek Condoleezza Rice Testimony By Associated Press September 24, 2008 Milan, Italy - Lawyers for a
former Italian intelligence chief want to call Secretary of State Condoleezza
Rice as a witness in the trial of 26 Americans charged in the alleged
kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric. The request filed Wednesday
by defense lawyer Nicolo Madia is based on testimony saying Rice was in
charge of the CIA's extraordinary rendition program. Former military intelligence
director Nicolo Pollari is among several Italians also charged in the 2003
abduction of Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr from Milan. The cleric later surfaced in
Egypt, where he says he was tortured. Nasr was suspected of recruiting
terrorists. Judge Oscar Magi will decide
on the request at the end of the trial's evidence phase. Copyright © 2008 The
Associated Press External link: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iM_YyWi9inE9T_InTSAg1w3qlraAD93D8DV01 |