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Italy convicts abducted Egypt cleric | Italy convicts abducted Egypt cleric |
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An Egyptian Muslim cleric kidnapped by CIA agents in Italy in 2003 has been sentenced in absentia to six years in jail on terror charges in Milan. | |
Abu Omar, also known as Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, now lives freely in Egypt. He was abducted on a Milan street and flown to Egypt in a CIA "rendition". | |
He alleges he was tortured in Egypt before being released. Italy convicted 23 Americans over his kidnapping. | |
The Milan court convicted him of links with Islamist militants. |