Posted on 04/10/2012 5:32:47 AM PDT by wolfman23601
Britain can extradite a radical Muslim cleric and four other suspects to the United States to face terrorism charges, Europe's human rights court ruled Tuesday. The case centering on Mustafa Kamal Mustafa, also known as Abu Hamza al-Masri, considered Britain's most recognizable extremist, has been closely watched as a sign of Europe's view on tough U.S. prisons. The court said Britain would not violate EU human rights rules by extraditing the suspects, who could face life sentences in a maximum-security prison. Al-Masri and the other suspects had argued that in the U.S. they could face prison conditions and jail terms that would expose them to "torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment" in breach of the European human rights code.
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Ya!
Obama wants to be the one to turn them loose.
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