In the first trial to be brought challenging the practice of extraordinary rendition, an Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans, 22 of them CIA agents, in the kidnap of suspected terrorist Mustafa Osama Nasr (Abu Omar). Nasr was taken from Italy to Egypt, where he says he was tortured.

None of the Americans were extradited to Italy for the trial. They plan to appeal.

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