<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22767907-2703,00.html> Radical Islamist Cleric Faces Extradition to US The Australian Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who faces charges related to a hostage-taking in Yemen in 1998 during which an Australian tourist was killed, could be extradited to the US. A British court ruled last night that Hamza, who has one eye and a hook for a righthand, could be extradited to face terrorism charges including trying to set up an al-Qaeda training camp in Oregon. Egyptian-born Hamza, 49, serving a seven-year jail term in Britain for inciting his followers to murder non-believers, is wanted by US authorities on 11 charges. Hamza, who applauded the attacks on New York and Washington of September 11, 2001, faces charges that he was involved in plotting the taking of 16 Western hostages in Yemen in 1998. Four of the hostages, Australian tourist Andrew Thirsk and three Britons, were killed when the terrorists used the hostages as human shields during a gunfight that broke out after Yemeni forces launched a rescue attempt. The US indictment accuses Hamza of attempting to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Oregon, from 1999 to early 2000, and supporting al-Qa'ida and the Taliban. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of up to 100 years in prison.
'The Madrid Verdicts Won't Deter Jihadists' <http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,514807,00.html> Spiegel Online The Madrid bombing trial ended on Wednesday with 21 convictions and seven acquittals. German commentators praise the Spanish judicial system and ponder the continuing terrorist threat in Europe. The verdicts in the Madrid bombings trial were handed down on Wednesday, with three of the main suspects being convicted of murder and receiving sentences ranging from 34,000 to 43,000 years in prison. But with other defendants receiving more lenient sentences and seven men acquitted, including one of the suspected ringleaders, there was criticism from some of the victims' families. Of the 28 defendants, 21 were found guilty (more...) of involvement in Europe's worst ever terrorist attack on March 11, 2004, when 10 bombs ripped through four commuter trains killing 191 people and injuring more than 1,800. Survivors and victims' families were in the packed courtroom to hear the judge's verdict. "The verdict seems soft to us," said Pilar Manjon, whose 20-year-old son was killed in the attacks and who is head of the victims' association. "I don't like it that murderers are going free," she told the Associated Press. Maria Jose Gutierrez, who lost her sister in the bombings, told the BBC: "There are far too few guilty verdicts for such a horrible crime." One of the biggest surprises was the acquittal of Rabei Osman, an Egyptian already serving time in an Italian jail for membership in a terrorist organization. Tapes of him allegedly bragging that he had been the brains behind the Madrid plot were found not to amount to a confession. Four other top suspects were acquitted of murder but convicted of lesser charges and received sentences of between 10 and 18 years. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero welcomed the verdicts Wednesday, saying "justice was rendered today." However seven of the true ringleaders never made it to court: They blew themselves up three weeks after the attacks as the police moved in to arrest them. The Spanish investigators say that, although most of the plotters were acting out of allegiance to al-Qaida, they did so without direct financing or orders from Osama bin Laden's terror network. Spain to Extradite Syrian Arms Dealer to US <http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/071026/usa/spain_syria_us_colombia_trial> Yahoo! News/AFP A Spanish court authorised Friday the extradition of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar to the United States on charges of conspiring to provide weapons to Colombian guerrillas. US authorities say Al-Kassar agreed to sell machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers, millions of rounds of ammunition and surface-to-air missile systems to the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) between 2006 and May this year. New York prosecutors have charged him with conspiracy to provide material support or resources to a terrorist organisation, money laundering and conspiracy to acquire an anti-aircraft missile and kill US nationals. Al-Kassar, a longtime resident of Spain, has been in jail since he was arrested on June 8 as he arrived at Madrid airport on an internal flight. The decision of by the National Audience, which has jurisdiction over international crimes, is subject to appeal. If confirmed a final decision will fall on the Spanish government, a judicial source told AFP. US prosecutors say the FARC wanted to use the weapons to fight US forces aiding Colombia in its battle against drug traffickers. Kassar allegedly also offered 1,000 fighters, plastic explosives and detonators to use against US armed forces, who have been in Colombia since 2000 in what is officially an advisory capacity. 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