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“Bin Laden letters order US massacre (Excerpts From Letters)”
Guardian/UK ^ | 10/18/01 | Philip Willan in Rome and Nick Hopkins
Posted on October 17, 2001 7:21:50 PM PDT by kattracks
SNIPPET: “Followers in London told to acquire weapons of mass destruction to counter American action in Iraq and Saudi Arabia
Letters allegedly written by Osama bin Laden to his supporters in London called on members of his al-Qaida network to acquire weapons of mass destruction and urged them to “kill, fight, create traps and destroy” Americans.
In the correspondence, Bin Laden refers to the US sanctions on Iraq as the “worst international terrorism” and said it was the “sacred duty of Muslims” to drive out American forces from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf.
If the letters, published yesterday by the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, are genuine, they give an insight into the way Bin Laden guides and incites his followers, and underline that his fundamental objective is to purge western powers from the oil rich resources of his Saudi homeland.
The letters were supposedly seized by Scotland Yard during an investigation to find Bin Laden followers in Britain who may have had knowledge of, or involvement in, the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Tanzania and Kenya.
The inquiry led to the arrest in September 1998 of three men - Khalid al-Fawwaz, Adel Abdul Bary and Ibrahim Hussein Eidarous - who are currently appealing against extradition to the US where they would face charges relating to the attacks. Their case will be heard in the House of Lords on Monday.”
Good! Now they need tried and sent to Prison for a long time. Hope they have a good of “supply of soap on a rope” for their stay; they will need it.
www.judiciary.gov.uk/Resources/JCO/Documents/Judgments/abu-hamza-summary-05102012.pdf
SNIPPET: “Al Fawaz and Abdel Bary
3. Al Fawaz’s extradition was requested in September 1998, some 14 years ago. The District Judge ruled on 8 September 1999 that his extradition could proceed. His appeal to the High Court by way of an application for a writ of habeas corpus was rejected on 30 November 2000.
4. Abdel Bary’s extradition was requested in July 1999. The District Judge ruled on 25 April 2000 that his extradition could proceed. His appeal to the High Court was dismissed on 2 May 2000.
5. Both of those proceedings are governed by the old law applicable under the Extradition Act 1989.
6. Both Al Fawaz and Abdel Bary appealed to the House of Lords where their appeal was dismissed on 17 December 2001, with the court finding that the applicants were liable to extradition to the United States on the existence of a prima facie case of conspiracy to murder, of which the most terrible manifestation was the bombing of two US Embassies in East Africa, in which over 200 were killed and 4,500 injured. After several representations to the Secretary of State between November 2001 and December 2005 the Secretary of State rejected both claimants’ representations on 12 March 2008 finding
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that United States assurances could be relied on and that the applicants were not at risk of the death penalty.
7. Al Fawaz and Abdel Bary subsequently applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State’s decision. On 7 August 2009 Lord Justice Scott Baker found that there had been effective judicial oversight of ‘supermax’ prisons and considered that neither of the claimants’ cases crossed the Article 3 threshold. Although a point was certified for the Supreme Court in relation to the compatibility of ADX prison conditions with Article 3, on 16 December 2009 the Supreme Court refused permission to appeal.”
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19855380
6 October 2012 Last updated at 04:16 ET
“Abu Hamza due in US court following extradition”
SNIPPET: “Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza is due to appear in court in New York to face terrorism charges.
He is one of five men who left the UK on two flights, hours after the High Court rejected their final appeals.
It has been confirmed Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan have landed in the US. They will appear before a judge in Connecticut in connection with the alleged running of a pro-jihad website.
The home secretary said the extradition process had been too “lengthy”.
On Friday, UK judges ruled the five men - Abu Hamza, Mr Ahmad, Mr Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz - did not show “new and compelling” reasons to stay in the UK.”z