I’m hearing news that Abu Omar, the cleric who was kidnapped by the CIA and rendered to Cairo where he was tortured, has been finally released, but under orders not to speak to the media.

UPDATE: Here’s a report by Aziz el-Kaissouni…
Egypt frees cleric at centre of CIA kidnap case
By Aziz El-Kaissouni
CAIRO, Feb 11 (Reuters) [...]

The kidnapped, rendered, tortured cleric Abu Omar’s saga continues…

Egypt cleric lawyer says had no access to files
By Aziz El-Kaissouni
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - A lawyer for a Muslim cleric kidnapped in a suspected CIA operation in Italy and handed to Egypt said he had been denied access to medical reports that might back his client’s [...]

Here’s the full text in Arabic of Al-Arabiya Channel documentary on the kidnapping of Egyptian cleric Abu Omar from Milan by the CIA, and his extraordinary rendition to Cairo in February 2003. The program interviews his lawyer Montasser al-Zayat, Abu Omar’s wife, and others…

You can read it here.
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