A high-level official of the Italian military intelligence service (SISMI) has been arrested in connection with an investigation into the alleged CIA kidnapping of an Egyptian Muslim cleric in 2003.
Marco Mancini, a SISMI vice-director, was arrested on Wednesday (5 July) at his home near Ravenna in northeast Italy, La Repubblica reports.
Mr Mancini is being accused of collaborating with the CIA to abduct the Egyptian cleric Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar.
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