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ROME: An Italian judge has issued arrest warrants for 13 CIA agents who allegedly kidnapped an Egyptian terrorist suspect in Milan two years ago and flew him to Cairo where he was questioned and tortured, it emerged on Friday. The agents are said to have seized imam Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, while he was walking from his home to a mosque in the Italian city. They allegedly bundled the 42-year-old into a van before driving him to the Italian-U.S. air base at Aviano, northern Italy. The following day he was flown to another U.S. air base at Ramstein, Germany, and then taken by private jet to Egypt. According to Italian investigators the alleged abduction, believed to have been part of the CIA's ``extraordinary rendition programme'' in which terrorist suspects were transferred to third countries without court approval, violated Italian sovereignty. The Milan-based judge Chiara Nobili issued arrest warrants after reading a dossier about the alleged kidnap and how it took place. Investigators have obtained a witness account from an Egyptian woman who said she heard Mr. Nasr calling for help in Arabic after he was stopped by two men dressed as Italian police officers, who forced him into the back of a van and drove off at speed. The investigators also claim to have traced the CIA agents through hotel bills that they ran up at Milan's best five-star hotels while allegedly preparing the kidnap plan.
— © Guardian Newspapers Limited 2004
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