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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Daily Update: Nasr Alleges Torture - Asks to go before Italian Court
Yesterday saw an important development linked to the CIA-Italy rendition trial. The Egyptian cleric - Nasr - spoke to reporters and pleaded for the chance to return to Italy to clear his name. He said that he could not bear any more torture at the hands of the Egyptian authorities. Nasr stated:
"I want to go back to Italy, but I'm banned from leaving Egypt. I want to go back and stand in front of the Italian judiciary and prove my innocence."
A strange turn of events when an alleged terrorist asks for a chance to be tried in an Italian court to clear his name and avoid torture in Egypt, while at the same time the Italian executive protects his alleged CIA kidnappers by rebuffing extradition requests from Milanese prosecutor's.
"I want to go back to Italy, but I'm banned from leaving Egypt. I want to go back and stand in front of the Italian judiciary and prove my innocence."
A strange turn of events when an alleged terrorist asks for a chance to be tried in an Italian court to clear his name and avoid torture in Egypt, while at the same time the Italian executive protects his alleged CIA kidnappers by rebuffing extradition requests from Milanese prosecutor's.