Britain's Straw in 'rendition flights' probe
December 15 2005 at 07:52PM
London - Britain's Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was hit with a new probe Thursday into how much he and the government knew about alleged US "extraordinary rendition" flights of suspected terrorists.
Members of parliament dissatisfied with Straw's previous statements on the controversial issue submitted a series of questions in the lower House of Commons and are demanding a fuller response.
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MP Andrew Tyrie, from the main opposition Conservatives, said there was a "real risk" the government could find itself "complicit by inaction".
"Turning a blind eye becomes something more than negligence and may be shown to be unlawful," he told a London news conference.
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