Italy halts CIA extradition bid
Italy’s Justice Minister Roberto Castelli has refused to pass on to the United States a request to extradite 22 purported CIA agents. The agents are accused of helping to abduct Muslim cleric Osama Mustafa Hassan, without Italian permission, in Milan in 2003. The cleric, also known as Abu Omar, was flown to Egypt for interrogation. An Italian court had issued Europe-wide arrest warrants for the suspects, who are thought to have returned to the US. Full Story