Europe, US clash over terror war
According to a Milan judge, the US mounted a secret intelligence operation inside Italy, kidnapping a suspected terrorist as he walked the streets of Milan and whisking him to Cairo without letting Italy know. Italians say the operation, if proven to have been masterminded by the CIA, was not just illegal but disrespectful to a sovereign state that is one of America's closest allies. Italian magistrates are seeking the arrest of 13 suspected CIA agents they claim carried out the abduction - is not just the latest thorn in the side of Italian-American relations. It also exposes a wider clash of cultures between America and Europe when it comes to tackling terrorism. "The Americans treat this as a war, but the Europeans still see this as a criminal-justice matter," says Ian Cuthbertson, counterterrorism expert at the World Policy Institute in New York.
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