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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=4235518 Detained US diplomat was CIA's man: Report AFP [ TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 8:31:22 AM ] BELGRADE: A US diplomat arrested with Serbia's deputy prime minister last week accused of espionage was the head of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Balkans, a newspaper claimed in a report to appear on Tuesday. "From the outset of his interrogation John David Neighbor presented himself as the head of the CIA in the Balkans," Vecernje Novosti reported, quoting military sources. It added that the diplomat remained calm while undergoing a 13-hour interrogation. Neighbor was identified by Belgrade as the US diplomat detained by Yugoslav military police late on Thursday along with Serbian deputy prime minister, Momcilo Perisic. The United States said yesterday it had accepted an apology from Yugoslav Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic for the diplomat's mistreatment in Yugoslav military police custody. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Washington considered the case closed as a "bilateral issue" but denied reports that the detained diplomat had been involved in any kind of espionage. "We have received a formal apology from (Svilanovic)," Boucher told reporters. "We've accepted that apology.... we view it as a public acknowledgment of the military's inappropriate and excessive actions and we now consider this closed as a bilateral issue". Earlier yesterday, Yugoslav President Vojislav Kostunica regretted that Neighbor had been detained for so long and identified by name and nationality. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - live college hoops coverage http://sports.yahoo.com/ --------------------------- ANTI-NATO INFORMATION LIST ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9617B Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
