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Jordan court upholds denial of US request to extradite Sbarro bombing accomplice
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Jordanian high court upholds a lower court decision to deny a US request to extradite a a woman convicted as an accomplice in the 2001 Jerusalem Sbarro suicide bombing, which killed 15 people including two Americans.
Ahlam Aref Ahmad Al-Tamimi won’t be handed over to US authorities because an extradition agreement between the two countries was never ratified by the Jordanian parliament, according to the Petra news agency.
Al-Tamimi is accused of conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the US against US nationals.
Ahlam Al-Tamimi, wanted for 2001 pizza restaurant attack in Jerusalem, named to #FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List: https://t.co/Xulbi3jQjH pic.twitter.com/9cuvAv4q1C
— FBI Most Wanted (@FBIMostWanted) March 14, 2017
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