An Italian judge has convicted 23 Americans – all but one of them CIA agents – and two Italian secret agents for the 2003 kidnap of a Muslim cleric. The agents were accused of abducting Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, known as Abu Omar, from Milan and sending him to Egypt, where he was allegedly tortured.<br/><br/>The Americans were all tried in their absence as they have not been extradited from the US to Italy. The CIA's Milan Station Chief at the time, Robert Lady, was given an eight-year term, while the other 22 Americans convicted – one of them a US air force colonel – were sentenced to five years in prison. The two Italian agents, who were convicted as accomplices to kidnapping, were given three-year prison terms. The trial, which began in June 2007, is the first involving the CIA's so-called "extraordinary rendition" programme. Lawyers for the 23 Americans said that they would appeal against their convictions. The Obama administration has expressed its disappointment at the convictions.<br/>