Italy prosecutors seek extradition of CIA agents

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L11760362.htm

ROME, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Italian prosecutors have requested the extradition of 22 suspected CIA agents over the kidnapping of a terrorism suspect who was grabbed off a street in 2003 and taken abroad, a senior judicial source said on Friday.

The request is now before Justice Minister Roberto Castelli, who can decide to make a formal request to the United States to pursue the case, said the source, who spoke on the condition that he remain anonymous.

"The general prosecutor's office has requested the extradition," the well-placed source said.

Prosecutors in the northern city of Milan believe that the CIA was behind the disappearance of Egyptian-born imam Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar.

They say he was grabbed off a Milan street and flown from a U.S. air base in northern Italy to Egypt, where they suspect he may have been tortured under interrogation by Egyptian security officials.

[Perky]

1. This is no small dust-up

Courts wil likely see this as a violation od italian soveriegnity.

Has Bellasconi chimed in on this?