Abu Hamza al-Masri, the Islamic cleric suspected of having ties to Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda organization, arrived in the U.S. with two men accused in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies to face trial.
Abu Hamza, 54, yesterday lost his bid to have a U.K. court delay his extradition to the U.S., ending more than eight years of legal wrangling. He is charged in an 11-count indictment with supporting the Taliban with money and troops and aiding a 1998 kidnapping in Yemen that left four hostages dead.
Federal prosecutors in New York also allege that Abu Hamza, who the U.S. identifies as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, tried in 1999 to start a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon. He is slated to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas, the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said in an e- mailed statement.
Four other men, Babar Ahmad, Syed Ahsan, Khalid Al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdel Bary, were also denied their bids Oct. 5 to block extradition to the U.S. Ahmad and Ahsan are charged by federal prosecutors in Connecticut with providing material support to terrorists.
Al-Fawwaz and Bary were charged in a 1998 indictment in federal court in New York with participating in a global conspiracy with bin Laden to attack U.S. citizens, including the near-simultaneous bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 7, 1998.
The embassy attacks killed 224 people, including 12 U.S. citizens. More than 4,500 people were injured.
The cases are U.S. v. Mustafa, 04-cr-00356, and U.S. v. al Fawwaz, 98-cr-01023, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
To contact the reporter on this story: Patricia Hurtado in New York at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at [email protected]
Abu Hamza, 54, yesterday lost his bid to have a U.K. court delay his extradition to the U.S., ending more than eight years of legal wrangling. He is charged in an 11-count indictment with supporting the Taliban with money and troops and aiding a 1998 kidnapping in Yemen that left four hostages dead.
Federal prosecutors in New York also allege that Abu Hamza, who the U.S. identifies as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, tried in 1999 to start a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon. He is slated to appear today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas, the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan said in an e- mailed statement.
Four other men, Babar Ahmad, Syed Ahsan, Khalid Al-Fawwaz and Adel Abdel Bary, were also denied their bids Oct. 5 to block extradition to the U.S. Ahmad and Ahsan are charged by federal prosecutors in Connecticut with providing material support to terrorists.
Al-Fawwaz and Bary were charged in a 1998 indictment in federal court in New York with participating in a global conspiracy with bin Laden to attack U.S. citizens, including the near-simultaneous bombings of U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Aug. 7, 1998.
The embassy attacks killed 224 people, including 12 U.S. citizens. More than 4,500 people were injured.
The cases are U.S. v. Mustafa, 04-cr-00356, and U.S. v. al Fawwaz, 98-cr-01023, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).
To contact the reporter on this story: Patricia Hurtado in New York at [email protected]
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Michael Hytha at [email protected]