Spain clears US of blame in CIA flight probe

[Eugene]

Spain clears US of blame in CIA flight probe

Thu Nov 24, 4:17 PM ET

MADRID (Reuters) - The Spanish government, responding to allegations
that CIA planes used a Spanish airport as a base to transport Islamic
terrorism suspects, said on Thursday it was convinced U.S. aircraft
had broken no law.

However, it said it would step up checks on civilian planes that flew
over or stopped in Spanish territory to make sure they were
"exclusively civilian" flights.

Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos testified to a parliamentary
committee on the flights after news reports about them prompted
opposition parties to demand information from the government.

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"The government is convinced, based on the result of the investigation
carried out, that all the stops made in the framework of the Defense
Cooperation Agreement between Spain and the United States, as well as
stops by civilian planes ... were made in accordance with the law,"
Moratinos said.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051124/ts_nm/security_spain_cia_dc

[DRoseDARs]

1. I'm shocked, SHOCKED! that one of the Coalition of the Willing...

...would clear the US of blame. Shocked. :sarcasm:

[Turley]

2. The Socilasts have taken over in Spain

Since last year.

[DELUSIONAL]

3. Now can they sell their arms (weapons) to Venezuela?

[many a good man]

4. No evidence of crime

They just had wing numbers. No one knew to inspect the planes until the story got out what these planes were used for. US is put on notice that these planes will be subjected to scrutiny in the future.

Time for the govt to reexamine the details of the security cooperation agreement Aznar signed with bush.

[Gregorian]

5. Who's next? Mongolia?

Oh poor Mongolia. You have no idea what you got yourself into.


What dead body? Oh that one? No torture going on here, officer.

[Up2Late]

6. Sounds like pressure was applied, or maybe waterboarding?

Well, we will see what Portugal, Poland, Czech Republic, Finland and others have to say soon.

Now Malta! Malta is probably the most used stop over Airport, to bad they are so secretive.