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Key Italian suspect in alleged CIA kidnapping dies Rome, Sept 12: A top Italian intelligence officer under investigation over the 2003 alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian cleric has died, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Gen. Gustavo Pignero died of cancer in a Rome hospital yesterday, lawyer Giulia Buongiorno said. She declined to say what kind of cancer the 58-year-old Pignero had suffered from. Pignero, a former head of counterespionage at the Sismi military intelligence agency, and fellow Sismi officer Marco Mancini had been arrested and charged with kidnapping in the disappearance in Milan of Egyptian cleric and terror suspect Osama Moustafa Hassan Nasr. Prosecutors in the northern city are also seeking the arrest of 26 Americans, all but one believed to be CIA agents. The prosecutors say that top officials at Sismi - including the agency`s director, Nicolo Pollari- collaborated with the Americans to snatch Nasr - also known as Abu Omar - from a Milan street, then fly him via the Aviano joint Italian-US air base and Germany to Egypt, where the cleric says he was tortured. The operation is believed to be part of an alleged CIA program in which terrorism suspects are transferred to third countries. Pollari and the Italian government have repeatedly denied knowledge of and participation in the kidnapping. But a conversation between Mancini and Pignero, recorded by Mancini before their arrest, gives proof that Pollari knew and approved of the CIA operation, according to Mancini`s lawyers. Buongiorno, Pignero`s lawyer, refused to comment on how her client`s death would affect the investigation and prosecutors in Milan were not immediately available. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
