Did the CIA undermine Italy's war on terror?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5951698&cKey=1121740516000

ROME (Reuters) - For eavesdropping Italian investigators, Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr was more than a dangerous terrorism suspect.

Monitored through wire taps and ambient listening devices, he was a walking, talking link to a larger threat in Europe and beyond -- who suddenly vanished on February 17, 2003. That's when prosecutors say CIA agents kidnapped Nasr and flew him to Egypt.

The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, says he was tortured in Egypt under questioning and refused to be an informant.

"The kidnapping of Abu Omar was not just illegal, having seriously violated Italian sovereignty, but it was also harmful and corrosive to the effectiveness of the overall fight against terrorism," said Milan Judge Guido Salvini, who has a standing arrest order for Nasr.

[wli]

1. the Italian investigation of this turned up Gladio/CIA stuff

[bleever]

2. Would that be CIA acting alone? Or perhaps with DoD "input"?

Enquiring minds really have to wonder.

[krkaufman]

3. Why should Italy be any different than anywhere else?

This Admin could hardly be doing worse were they *intentionally* trying to sabotage the fight against global terrorism.

[electricray]

4. I wonder...

if he was really "a walking, talking link" to a conspiracy that involves co-ordinated bombings suspiciously beneficial to the Bush administration during particularly rough news cycles.

The more I learn and observe this administration, the more I start to wonder how correct the conspiracy theories may be.

[hootinholler]

5. Welcome to DU

And reality (for the most part)

-Hoot

[lala_rawraw]

6. Are we sure this is CIA and not CIA hired guns via DOD?