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Denies role in abduction

Rome: Silvio Berlusconi's outgoing Government was on Thursday forced to deny a role in an alleged CIA abduction after evidence surfaced pointing to the involvement of a member of Italy's security forces. Prosecutors looking into the disappearance of an Egyptian cleric had placed a Carabinieri warrant officer under formal investigation on suspicion of aiding and abetting a kidnapping. The officer, who has not been charged, was identified by name in some newspapers and in others by his alleged codename, Ludwig. Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, vanished in February 2003. He subsequently claimed, in an intercepted telephone call, that he had been seized and taken to Egypt, where he was tortured. —

© Guardian Newspapers Limited 2006

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