EU to investigate ‘covert detention centres’ of CIA

The European Commission said yesterday it will investigate reports that the CIA set up secret jails in eastern Europe to interrogate Al Qaida captives.

Separately, Europe’s top human rights organisation, the Strasbourg, France-based Council of Europe, said it too would try to see whether the claims were true…

According to the report, a covert prison system was set up by the CIA nearly four years ago which at various times included sites in eight countries, including Afghanistan and several eastern Europe nations. It quoted current and former intelligence officials and diplomats as sources for its story. Several European nations issued firm denials about the existence of such prisons…{{link http://gulfnews.com/Articles/WorldNF.asp?ArticleID=190172 MORE}}

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