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Italy convicts former CIA agents in rendition trial
MILAN/ROME (Reuters) - An Italian judge sentenced 23 Americans to up to eight years in prison on Wednesday for the abduction of a Muslim cleric, in a symbolic condemnation of the CIA "rendition" flights used by the former U.S. government.
Italian court sentences US agents in abduction case
A Milan court Wednesday sentenced 23 US citizens, most of them believed to work for the CIA, to multi-year prison terms for the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric six years ago in a controversial rendition case.
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The United States said it was "disappointed" with the convictions in Italy on Wednesday of 23 Americans most of whom were CIA agents for the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric from a Milan street.
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A judge in Italy has sentenced 23 American CIA agents and two Italian secret agents to jail over the kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in 2003.
Italy convicts 23 US agents in CIA kidnapping trial
An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 US and two Italian secret agents for the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric in 2003 under the covert "extraordinary rendition" programme.
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An Italian judge convicts 23 Americans and two Italian secret agents over the CIA kidnap of an Egyptian cleric in 2003.
Italy Convicts 23 Americans for C.I.A. Renditions
The Americans were tried in absentia for the seizure of a Muslim cleric from the streets of Milan over six years ago.
Italian court sentences 23 CIA agents over rendition flight
An Italian court sentenced 23 former CIA agents to up to eight years in prison today for their role in the abduction of an Egyptian terrorist suspect in the first trial over extraordinary renditions.
Italy convicts 'U.S. agents' in CIA kidnap trial
An Italian court convicts 24 suspected CIA agents for the seizing of a suspected terrorist in Milan, a practice rights groups call "extraordinary rendition."
Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case
MILAN (AP) -- An Italian judge on Wednesday convicted 23 Americans of the 2003 kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric on a Milan street, in a landmark case involving the CIA's extraordinary rendition program in the war on terrorism. Citing diplomatic immunity, Judge Oscar Magi told the Milan courtroom Wednesday that he was acquitting three other Americans. Former Milan CIA station chief, Robert Seldon Lady, received the stiffest sentence, eight years in prison. The other 22 convicted American defendants each received a five-year sentence. The Americans, all but one identified by prosecutors as CIA agents, were tried in absentia. Their lawyers ... Email

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