Germany Issues Arrest Warrants for 13 Involved in CIA Kidnapping of Citizen

German prosecutors have issued arrest warrants for 13 people in connection with the kidnapping of a German citizen by the CIA. Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese descent, says the CIA abducted him in December 2003 in Macedonia and flew him to a detention center in Afghanistan. El-Masri says he was shackled, beaten, kept in solitary confinement and injected with drugs there, before his release in Albania five months later.

Spanish police, who had also been investigating the case, provided the names of the U.S. agents to prosecutors in the German city of Munich. The police say they believe several "CIA-rendition" operations started from an airport on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Some of the CIA employees named in the arrest warrant reportedly live in the U.S. state of North Carolina, but U.S. authorities have refused to cooperate with German investigators.

德国公诉人员向13名涉嫌为中央情报局绑架一名德国公民的人发出逮捕令。黎巴嫩裔德国人哈立德.马斯里说，美国中央情报局2003年12月在马其顿将他绑架，用飞机把他送到阿富汗的一个拘留中心。马斯里说，他在拘留中心被戴上镣铐，遭到殴打，还被单独监禁并被注射药物，5个月后在阿尔巴尼亚获释。

同时也在对这起案件进行调查的西班牙警方向德国慕尼黑的公诉人员提供了美国特工的名单。警方说，他们相信几起“中央情报局引渡行动”都是通过西班牙的马洛卡岛机场开始的。

据报导，名单中的几名中央情报局雇员住在美国的北卡罗莱纳州，但是美国当局拒绝与德国调查人员合作。