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German Court Demands Extradition of CIA Agents in Masri Case

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« on: July 11, 2007, 01:14:47 am »

German Court Demands Extradition of CIA Agents in Masri Case



Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  Prosecutors have identified 13 CIA agents allegedly involved in el-Masri's abduction
Munich prosecutors have demanded the extradition of 13 CIA agents allegedly implicated in the 2003 abduction of a German citizen.

Public prosecutors in Munich, with the approval of the German cabinet, on Monday demanded the extradition of the 13 CIA agents allegedly involved in kidnapping Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, in 2003.

The court had ordered the arrest of the agents earlier this year, but the case was delayed while German officials investigated their real names.

"We now have partial names," Chief Public Prosecutor August Stern told Reuters, adding that he had enough information on the agents' identities to request their extradition.

Germany's Spiegel Online cited a US diplomat as criticizing Germany's "double standard" in the affair, saying Germany wants to benefit from the information garnered by the CIA but doesn't want to get its hands dirty.

Trans-Atlantic tension

El-Masri maintains that he was mistakenly arrested by the CIA as an associate of the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackers and kidnapped while attempting to enter Macedonia on New Year's Eve 2003. He says he was later then taken to a prison in Afghanistan, where he was detained for five months and subjected to torture.


Bildunterschrift: Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift:  El-Masri's case was discussed by German Chancellor Merkel and US Secretary of State Rice
The Masri case has focused media attention on CIA kidnappings of suspected terrorists for interrogation in third countries. The practice, called "extraordinary rendition," has caused tensions inside Germany, and between Berlin and Washington.

 

The German government could have called off the arrest orders earlier if deemed to be in the "prevailing public interest," but this may have led to a backlash in Germany.

Last week an Italian judge froze the trial of US and Italian spies who had been charged with kidnapping a terror suspect in Milan in 2003 and then taking him to Egypt, where he claims to have been tortured.




 El-Masri's case was discussed by German Chancellor Merkel and US Secretary of State Rice


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