European Union tries to calm CIA row
BRUSSELS, Belgium (UPI) -- The European Union Friday moved to distance itself from claims that the Central Intelligence Agency set up holding camps for suspected al-Qaida terrorists in Eastern Europe. However, the strenuous denials by EU officials and politicians in the two countries alleged to have hosted the `gulags` -- Poland and Rumania -- have done little to quash media interest in the story nor stem European lawmakers` outrage. Human Rights Watch claims it is has flight records showing that a CIA-commissioned Boeing 737 made frequent stops between Afghanistan, Iraq and the two former communist countries after 2002. The allegations were corroborated by a Washington Post story Wednesday that revealed details of eight 'black sites' -- as the covert prisons are referred to in classified White House and CIA documents -- in South Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe.
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