EU court rules British terror suspects can be extradited to US
Alleged al-Qaida leader and five others can now face terror charges on American soil
PARIS (AP) — Europe’s human rights court has ruled that it would be legal for Britain to extradite an Egyptian-born radical Muslim cleric and five other terror suspects to the United States.
The European Court of Human Rights ruling Tuesday in the cases of Mustafa Kamal Mustafa — also known as Abu Hamza Masri — and the five others centered on tough US detention policies.
The court Strasbourg, France did not immediately rule on whether the suspects should be extradited to the US.
Masri — a one-eyed, hook-handed hardliner — is wanted in the United States for a host of alleged terrorist offenses, including trying to set up an al-Qaida training camp in rural Oregon. He is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence in Britain’s Belmarsh prison.
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