CIA tried to silence EU on torture flights
Guardian [UK]
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10/26/06
The CIA tried to persuade Germany to silence EU protests about the human rights record of one of America's key allies in its clandestine torture flights programme, the Guardian can reveal. According to a secret intelligence report, the CIA offered to let Germany have access to one of its citizens, an al-Qaida suspect being held in a Moroccan cell. But the US secret agents demanded that in return, Berlin should cooperate and 'avert pressure from EU' over human rights abuses in the north African country. The report describes Morocco as a 'valuable partner in the fight against terrorism...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1931693,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture+flight
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10/26/06
The CIA tried to persuade Germany to silence EU protests about the human rights record of one of America's key allies in its clandestine torture flights programme, the Guardian can reveal. According to a secret intelligence report, the CIA offered to let Germany have access to one of its citizens, an al-Qaida suspect being held in a Moroccan cell. But the US secret agents demanded that in return, Berlin should cooperate and 'avert pressure from EU' over human rights abuses in the north African country. The report describes Morocco as a 'valuable partner in the fight against terrorism...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1931693,00.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=torture+flight
rudkla - 26. Okt, 15:07
