Guardian: Spanish police expose more CIA links to secret flights of detain

[Eugene]

Spanish police expose more CIA links to secret flights of detainees

· 42 operatives traced going through Palma airport
· Names unearthed match Italian and German inquiries

Giles Tremlett in Madrid
Tuesday November 15, 2005
The Guardian

Spanish police have traced up to 42 suspected CIA operatives believed
to have taken part in secret flights carrying detained or kidnapped
Islamist terror suspects to interrogation centres and jails in
Afghanistan, Egypt and elsewhere.

A Spanish police report seen by the New York Times provides the names
of the mainly American crew and passengers of a dozen suspect flights
that landed in Palma de Mallorca in 2003 and 2004. The flights were
allegedly part of the CIA's "extraordinary rendition" programme, in
which, say human rights groups, suspected extreme Islamists are taken
to be interrogated in countries where US human rights rules on torture
do not apply.

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Germany and Italy are already investigating similar flights, with
Rome having formally requested the extradition of a dozen alleged CIA
operatives allegedly involved in the kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric
in 2003. The aircraft that went through Palma reportedly included a
Boeing 737 and two Gulfstream jets.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1642829,00.html

[Stockholm]

1. Won´t take long until that list is leaked somewhere

Too bad, this isn´t about the CIA kidnappers but about the horrible practice of renditions.