Man held over US plot faces UK extradition hearing

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Source: AP

Man held over US plot faces UK extradition hearing
(AP) – 22 minutes ago

LONDON — A Pakistani man alleged to have planned a major al-Qaida attack in Britain and wanted by U.S. authorities over the New York subway bomb plot was ordered to remain in custody Tuesday before an extradition hearing scheduled for December.

Abid Naseer, 24, appeared by video link from prison for a brief hearing at a London court.

Naseer was arrested in July on a U.S. extradition warrant on charges of providing support to a foreign terrorist organization, conspiring to support a terror group and conspiracy to use a destructive device.

Prosecutors allege that Naseer was part of a major al-Qaida conspiracy that included the New York subway plot.

At a previous hearing, U.S. government lawyer Melanie Cumberland said Naseer was an al-Qaida operative motivated by "deeply held religious beliefs."


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