War profiteer Ulick McEvaddy wants to give U.S. military planes en route to and from the illegal war in Iraq a new place to refuel in Ireland.

McEvaddy was recently appointed to the board of tiny Knock airport in western Ireland. He plans to raise the issue at the next Airport board meeting in March.

The board has refused to rule out the possibility that it could become a stopover point for US military flights.

Businessman McEvaddy already has a lucrative contract to refuel US military aircraft at Shannon Airport.

McEvaddy's comments did not specify whether Knock airport would become a stop for Guantanamo Express, the CIA's passenger service for victims of torture.

A European Union report and Amnesty International believe more than 100 CIA rendition flights have landed at Shannon.

The Irish government claims to be opposed to the war in Iraq and yet the business deal cut by McEvaddy brings part of that war onto Irish soil. Recently, ruling party leaders from Fianna Fail sought to delete references in a 2006 European Union report to Ireland's role in CIA rendition flights.

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