Prisoners ‘not going through Shannon’

FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern yesterday refuted claims that tortured prisoners bound for Guantanamo Bay had been transported through Shannon Airport.

Prisoners ‘not going through Shannon’

Anti-war campaigners this week highlighted evidence that a US plane used to ferry prisoners to and from Guantanamo Bay was landing frequently at Shannon Airport.

The campaigners claim the aircraft concerned - a corporate-style Gulfstream jet marked ‘N379P’ - is used by the CIA to snatch al-Qaeda suspects and transport them to various locations for interrogation.

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