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Tue 01 Jan 2007Ireland among most complicit in renditions - reportA new European Parliament report has claimed Ireland is one of the most complicit countries in the EU in allowing CIA rendition flights to use its airspace and airports.According to the final report from the special committe of the European Parliament set up to look into the alleged rendition flights, more than 1,000 covert CIA flights have crossed European airspace or stopped over at European airports.