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Happily, two blows have been dealt to the US on the subject of the CIA's policy of extraordinary renditioning (I'm sure you've heard about it: you're kidnapped, duck-taped, given an enema, and shipped-off to a secret prison where you're tortured? One of the tools that is making the war on terror SO successful...).

You can see in this article that Germany has issued arrest warrants for 13 people involved in the arrest of a German Lebanese man (I saw him on television a while back and it was SO sad what happened -- basically he got in a fight with his wife and went to Macedonia to blow-off steam, which is really not that far from Germany, and while taking some personal time in the Balkans he was renditioned and tortured in Afghanistan for five months until dumped on a roadside in Albania -- check out the link for video footage of him talking about it).

In another case on the heels of the German case, Italy has decided to issue arrest warrants for both Italian and American personalities involved. Both Germany and Italy are looking to prosecute CIA agents. You can read about the German case in this article (it's my understanding that since the article was written Italy has decided to go forward with the arrests).

GO EUROPE!

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