Egypt orders release of Muslim cleric in CIA kidnap case

[Kadie]

Egypt orders release of Muslim cleric in CIA kidnap case
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CAIRO (AFP) - The Egyptian government has ordered the release of a Muslim cleric imprisoned after he was kidnapped from Italy allegedly by CIA agents, the interior ministry said.

"We have arranged his release," an interior ministry official who wished to remain anonymous told AFP.

Sources close to the defence counsel for Osama Mustafa Hassan, also known as Abu Omar, said he had already left the Tora high security prison, south of Cairo.

The man, a former imam of a mosque in Milan, was allegedly snatched of street in the northern Italian city in February 2003.

Italian investigators say he was seized by agents of the United States intelligence service, the CIA, with the help of Italian agents. They allege he was then taken to a US airbase in Italy before being flown to his native Egypt.

His lawyer Muntasser al-Zayat has claimed the imam was tortured in prison and attempted suicide.

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[oldtimecanuk]

1. Good deal.... The assholes think they can roam the damn ...

earth and arrest anyone they want without the proper authority to do so... Hey, even if he is guilty, this looks good on the CIA..... So piss off you A... holes and learn some protocol...

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