EU-wide warrant over 'CIA kidnap'

"An Italian court has issued Europe-wide arrest warrants for 22 suspected CIA agents accused of helping to kidnap a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003."

"The suspects are accused of abducting Osama Mustafa Hassan, also known as Abu Omar, without Italian permission, and flying him to Egypt for interrogation."

"The new warrants allow for the suspects' detention anywhere in the 25-nation EU, a prosecutor said."

"The authorities had already issued arrest orders within Italy."

"The BBC's defence correspondent, Rob Watson, describes the case as one of the best documented alleged cases of the CIA's policy of extraordinary rendition."

Despite this strong stand, nothing is likely to come from it. It says they aren't even going to ask for extradtion. It would be a waste of time anyway. The thing about our being the worlds' policeman (or neighborhood bully, depending on your perspective), is that we don't have to abide by any rules or laws of any peasant jurisdiction. That's been the attitude of our government for over a hundred years, ever since we began carrying a big stick. In fact, I doubt that rendition would've raised much fuss in times past (especially since the policy was invented long before we ever knew Bush existed). The only reason it's getting so much attention in Europe is because of all the other things this administration has been caught doing, and lying about. Never mind about legalities, if not for our almost total loss of credibility in the eyes of the world, things like this wouldn't get shoved back in our faces.