Suspected CIA rendition flight sparks concern | CIA Renditions |
March 15, 2008 03:39am
The suspected 'rendition' flight was made from Brno in the Czech Republic to Sola airport near Stavanger.
The plane refueled before flying on to the Keflavik airport in Iceland, local newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad reported, quoting airport officials.
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten said the aircraft belonged to Aviation Specialities Ing, a company often used by the CIA for its controversial prisoner transport and so-called rendition flights, according to a 2006 European parliament report.
Extraordinary rendition, whereby suspects are transferred covertly to a third country or to US-run detention centres, has been harshly criticised since it began in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
Neither the Sola airport authorities nor Norway's foreign ministry responded to AFP requests for comment, but ministry spokeswoman Kristin Melsom told Stavanger Aftenblad the government had not been informed about Friday's flight.
``The only thing I can say is what we have said in the past: US authorities respect Norwegian laws and these planes are not used to illegally transport prisoners,'' she said.
According to the newspaper, as many as 15 flights suspected of transporting CIA prisoners were registered at Sola airport between 2003 and 2007.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23378733-401,00.html
Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten said the aircraft belonged to Aviation Specialities Ing, a company often used by the CIA for its controversial prisoner transport and so-called rendition flights, according to a 2006 European parliament report.
Extraordinary rendition, whereby suspects are transferred covertly to a third country or to US-run detention centres, has been harshly criticised since it began in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
Neither the Sola airport authorities nor Norway's foreign ministry responded to AFP requests for comment, but ministry spokeswoman Kristin Melsom told Stavanger Aftenblad the government had not been informed about Friday's flight.
``The only thing I can say is what we have said in the past: US authorities respect Norwegian laws and these planes are not used to illegally transport prisoners,'' she said.
According to the newspaper, as many as 15 flights suspected of transporting CIA prisoners were registered at Sola airport between 2003 and 2007.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23378733-401,00.html
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