Italian court sentences 23 US citizens in imam kidnapping case
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Milan - A Milan court on Wednesday sentenced 23 US citizens in absentia to several-year prison terms for the broad-daylight kidnapping of a Muslim cleric six years earlier. The case concerned the 2003 kidnappipng of Abu Omar, who was seized on an open street in Milan, then flown via the US air base at Ramstein, Germany, to Egypt. The kidnappers were believed to have been CIA agents in what became a CIA rendition operation. The Milan court had been hearing the case over the past two and one-half years against a total of 26 US nationals and seven Italians, including a former head of the Italian secret service. This person, as well as three of the US defendants were covered by diplomatic immunity.
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