European countries investigating reports of secret CIA prisoner flights

The United States is coming under increasing pressure from European governments to reply to charges that planes with alleged links to &to=http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/383/15718_vakhitov.html' target=_blank>CIA prisoner transports have quietly touched down in their countries.

From Portugal to Iceland, reports of landings by private jets that have allegedly been used for the CIA's extraordinary renditions program have added fuel to already burning criticism of the treatment of prisoners in the U.S.-led war on terror.