May 27, 2004

HATE CLERIC HAMZA HELD

Controversial Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been arrested by police in London on an extradition warrant issued by the US government.

According to reports he will be held on terror charges before being deported for trial in America.
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The warrant was executed after months of cooperation between the British and US authorities.

It followed a plea by President Bush to European leaders to speed up the extradition of terror suspects to the US.

The case against Hamza is thought to be based on information obtained from suspects already held in America.

The Egyptian-born cleric was a preacher at Finsbury Park mosque in north London until he was kicked out by the Charity Commission.

He has been accused of recruiting for al Qaeda and has urged young British muslims to copy suicide bombers in Israel.

His followers include shoebomber Richard Reid, who tried to blow up a transatlantic flight.

Home Secretary David Blunkett has begun legal moves to strip Hamza of his British citizenship but the case has been fraught with delays.

Oh, YEAH!!!
Thank you, Britain!
You won't be sorry! (They're probably celebrating as I type this!)
I can't wait to hear what "goods" we've got on this guy (Betcha either Richard Reid and/or some of the detainees at Gitmo have had something to say!)
This was going nowhere in the U.K. and at least here in the U.S., our criminal justice system hasn't been so weakened by Liberalism that we either can't execute him for being an accessory to multiple murders or put him away in a maximum security facility for a very long time.
Another very bad man bagged!