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CIA's flights: plane entered Swiss airspace suspected of connection with Abu Omar's abduction

Zurich, Switzerland - The Imam of a Milan's mosque was kidnapped on February 17 2003

According to Swiss-German television, a Learjet LJ-35, having the military acronym "SPAR 92", chartered by the CIA, has flown over Switzerland two times from Aviano military airport to Ramstein base (Germany) and back again. The Federal Civil Aviation Office (FOCA) has confirmed the news. on the same in Milan the Imam Abu Omar was abducted (see for details AVIONEWS). But FOCA also confirmed that CIA...

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Rome, Italy, 12/12/2005 14:14
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