Swiss open [criminal] investigation into CIA flights

[strizi64]

Swiss open investigation into CIA flights

The Federal Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal investigation into alleged overflights in Swiss airspace of CIA planes carrying detainees.

The investigation will seek to establish whether the United States committed illegal acts on Swiss territory.

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The investigation was launched earlier this week, but prosecutors are aware of the difficulties they will probably face in obtaining information from Washington, Wiedmer said.

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One plane registered to the US Department of Defense flew across the country twice on February 17, 2003, on a flight from Ramstein, Germany, to Aviano, Italy, and back again to Ramstein.

Italian prosecutors have reportedly identified the plane as being used to fly a radical imam, allegedly abducted by American agents that day in Milan, to Ramstein from where he was taken on to Cairo.

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On February 17, 2003 he was abducted as he walked to his mosque in Milan for noon prayers.

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Wiedmer said the timing of the flights and the alleged kidnapping played a role in the opening of the Swiss investigation.

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http://www.nzz.ch/2005/12/17/eng/article6325344.html


don't let them walk away with nothing.....

[leftchick]

1. yeah good luck getting any information from the US

The USA will soon be the most despised nation on earth. If it isn't already.

[Ian David]

2. Any of those flights pass through The Netherlands?

http://www.denhaag.com/smartsite.dws?id=DOORWAY

Be nice if it fell into the jurisdiction of The Hague.

[Straight Shooter]

3. Oooohhh.

You just made a shiver run up and down my spine.

Unfortunately, the U.S. is not a member of the International Criminal Court and does not recognize its authority. Brrrraaaaammmmppp! Next accusation, please. x(