Islamic Leader Appeals Extradition (from Britain to US)

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080221/ap_on_re_eu/britain_radical_preacher;_ylt=AqmPVOVhIh9Zu2hHLnFRbRis0NUE

An Islamic preacher accused of trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon asked a British court on Wednesday to block his extradition to the United States. Earlier this month, Britain's Home Office approved the extradition of Abu Hamza al-Masri, who once led London's Finsbury Park Mosque.

The Egyptian-born al-Masri was arrested in Britain on an extradition warrant in 2004, but the process was put on hold while he stood trial here and appealed his convictions. He was sentenced to seven years in prison for fomenting racial hatred and urging his followers to kill non-Muslims. If convicted in the U.S., Al-Masri would carry out his sentence in Britain first.

U.S. officials allege he conspired to establish a jihad training camp in Oregon and sent two supporters to view facilities there.

They also say al-Masri took part in a deadly hostage-taking incident in Yemen in 1998 involving 16 tourists. Three British tourists and one Australian visitor were killed in a shootout between Yemeni security forces and the Islamic extremist captors.


More at the link. Sounds like he'll do his time in the UK and then be shipped off to Gitmo