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Radical Muslim Cleric Can Be Sent to U.S.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
LONDON - Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United
States to face trial on charges of supporting terrorism, a British court
ruled Thursday.
Al-Masri has been charged with trying to establish a terrorist training camp
in Oregon, conspiring to take hostages in Yemen and facilitating terrorist
training in Afghanistan.
He is already serving a seven-year sentence in Britain for fomenting racial
hatred and urging his followers to kill non-Muslims.
Senior District Judge Timothy Workman, presiding at City of Westminster
Magistrates Court, said the case would now be referred to Home Secretary
Jacqui Smith for a final decision.
Al-Masri, who lost both arms below the elbows and an eye fighting the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, was arrested on a U.S. extradition
warrant in May 2004, but the process was put on hold while he stood trial in
Britain and then appealed his convictions.
In January, the House of Lords denied al-Masri permission to make further
appeals, clearing the way for extradition proceedings.
Radical Muslim Cleric Can Be Sent to U.S.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
LONDON - Radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United
States to face trial on charges of supporting terrorism, a British court
ruled Thursday.
Al-Masri has been charged with trying to establish a terrorist training camp
in Oregon, conspiring to take hostages in Yemen and facilitating terrorist
training in Afghanistan.
He is already serving a seven-year sentence in Britain for fomenting racial
hatred and urging his followers to kill non-Muslims.
Senior District Judge Timothy Workman, presiding at City of Westminster
Magistrates Court, said the case would now be referred to Home Secretary
Jacqui Smith for a final decision.
Al-Masri, who lost both arms below the elbows and an eye fighting the Soviet
occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s, was arrested on a U.S. extradition
warrant in May 2004, but the process was put on hold while he stood trial in
Britain and then appealed his convictions.
In January, the House of Lords denied al-Masri permission to make further
appeals, clearing the way for extradition proceedings.