U.S. Fueled 'Rendition' Flights on British Soil; London Discloses Two Landings on Indian Ocean Atoll

The Washington Post | February 22, 2008| | Copyright

U.S. and British officials disclosed Thursday that two U.S. "extraordinary rendition" flights carrying terrorism suspects refueled on U.K. territory in the Indian Ocean in 2002, despite repeated denials by both governments that clandestine CIA flights had ever used British airspace or territory.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed "disappointment" that the United States notified the British government of the flights just last week and called it a "very serious issue." Officials from both governments said the flights came to light after a recent review of records by U.S. officials.

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