Five Pre-9/11 al Qaida Suspects are Headed to United States

Lindsay Wise and Hannah Allam
McClatchy Newspapers
October 8, 2012

A British court on Friday agreed to send five accused terrorists to the United States to stand trial for a wide range of alleged crimes, including the 1998 bombings of two American embassies in East Africa that killed more than 220 people.

The court’s decision cleared the way for what will be among the highest profile terrorism prosecutions in the United States in recent years.

Among the suspects was Abu Hamza al Masri, a one-eyed radical Islamist preacher who is accused of supporting al Qaida. The Egyptian-born Masri, a striking figure with a bushy beard and a hook in place of his missing right hand, could appear before an American judge within days on terror charges that are unusual because many of the alleged crimes predate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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This article was posted: Monday, October 8, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Tags: 9/11, government corruption, terrorism

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