Full Respect... Word..
Posted on 07/01/2005 4:13:31 PM PDT by familyop
ROME, July 1 - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi demanded to day that the United States show "full respect" for Italian sovereignty, after summoning the American ambassador to explain the reported abduction of a Muslim cleric by officers and operatives of the Central Intelligence Agency . . . There have been growing calls from the opposition, as well as some members of the governing majority, for clarification of the relationship between the United States and Italy.
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If 50 Italian secret agents show up in the US, and "grab" these "13" CIA guys...we would be more than upset...but then thats precisely what the Bush Adminstration did...they walked into Italy, found the Mullah dude and took out of Italy. If anyone in this adminstration was looking to do some really stupid dumb stuff...then they just accomplished it. All Italy has to do is bring up kidnapping charges, and because of various treaties the US has signed...it will have to honor the Italian court request or face alot of issues internationally. The CIA is in almost every country...and they could easily find themselves cut off and asked to leave or face arrest. We don't have undercover folks like we did in the 1960s. Almost everything we do, is in plain sight. I don't see anything good coming out of this episode.
Don't be fool and idiot!
Italy has its rights as well USA.
You're right on this one....overreaction on my part...waiting to see what happens on this one.
Me too, I'm sorry my friend. (conservative) Italians and (conservative) Americans are allied... forever!
Full Respect... Word..
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