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CIA aircraft landed at Irish airports 38 times
2005-12-06
DUBLIN - CIA aircraft landed at Shannon airport in the southwest of Ireland on 38 occasions in recent years, Irish state radio said on Monday, quoting government data.
Of course, they may have been carrying CIA personnel, freight, pets, or Fred's hardware firewall. But continue ...
RTE said it had received the data about the flights from the government under freedom of information laws.

Shannon, the first airport across the North Atlantic from the United State, is an increasingly important re-fuelling stop for US military planes. Some 268,963 US military personnel passed through Shannon airport in 2005 up to the end of October, compared to 158,549 in the whole of 2004.

There is mounting concern in all the correct liberal and Y'urp-peon circles over reports the CIA ran secret prisons in Eastern Europe and used European airports for clandestine transport flights when transferring terror suspects in a process known as “rendition”.

Former Irish president Mary Robinson said more information was needed. “The words chosen by Secretary of State Rice appear to be extremely carefully framed,” she said.
Well duh, she's the secretary of STATE fer cryin' out loud.
“What now constitutes torture in the US? That’s a big problem, especially when the acts are carried out outside the US,” Robinson told RTE. “There are two standards. One is torture within the US, the other is what constitutes torture outside the US.
Niether of which is your concern, frankly, Mary ...
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