UK lawmakers to launch new rendition probe

By DAVID STRINGER Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) - Lawmakers pledged Sunday to study the movements of planes and ships traveling to the remote British outpost Diego Garcia amid persistent suspicion it is used by U.S. authorities to detain or transfer terrorism suspects. Parliament's Foreign Affairs Select Committee said it plans a thorough investigation of the use of the , and in 1971 barred anyone from entering the islands except by permit. The United States initially denied using the island for extraordinary rendition flights. However, it acknowledged in February that it had misled the British government and that two suspects had been on flights that stopped to refuel on Diego Garcia en route to Guantanamo Bay and Morocco in 2002. Reprieve, a British human rights organization, claims the U.S. has used military ships... [read full story]