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EU committee slams Irish complicity in CIA "torture flights"
The Irish Government is coming for more severe criticism today over the use of Shannon Airport by planes involved in the Bush administration's rendition programme. In a report out today, a European Parliament committee investigating the so-called "torture flights" says thousands have crossed through EU airspace and landed at EU airports in recent years.
Ireland is named as one of the worst offenders. The committee expresses "serious concern" about 147 stopovers in Ireland by CIA planes involved in the rendition scheme, which is used to kidnap suspected Islamic militants in countries across the world. The victims are then transferred to other countries for interrogation which frequently involves torture.
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