CIA planes used to transport terror suspects did land at Glasgow Prestwick
17.12.05
Details of cases involving 4 men being flown to the Middle East in an aircraft that then travelled to Glasgow Prestwick airport emerged yesterday. There is no evidence to suggest that any terror suspects were on board the aircraft when it landed on Scottish soil.
Amnesty International yesterday told how one terror suspect was abducted in Pakistan and taken to Jordan, two were flown from Sweden to Cairo and the fourth was taken from Indonesia to Cairo on board the same Gulfstream V turbojet, which on all 3 occasions subsequently flew to Glasgow Prestwick airport to refuel.
Although there is no evidence to suggest that any terror suspects were on board the aircraft when it landed on Scottish soil, Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, is under increasing pressure to initiate an independent investigation into the use of UK airports during rendition flights.
Mr Straw said 3 days ago that since Mr Bush took office in 2001 the British government had found no evidence of any requests from the US government 'for over-flights or for refuelling or other facilitation' of rendition flights. However, Amnesty International have provided details of three instances when rendition flights landed at Prestwick after transporting suspects to the Middle East.
Charles Kennedy, the Liberal Democrat leader, said: 'If Amnesty International's claims are true, then the government is under an even greater legal and moral obligation to investigate why flights are being allowed to pass through our country for rendition purposes.'
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