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NEW YORK (AP) — A Yemeni sheik accused of funneling millions of dollars to terrorist networks warned U.S. agents that "Allah will bring storms" to America because of his arrest, according to newly filed court papers. Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayad made the remark last year after a German court ordered him extradited to the United States to face charges that he helped finance al Qaeda and Hamas, prosecutors said in the documents filed in U.S. District Court. The statement — spoken in English to agents bringing al-Moayad from Frankfurt, Germany, to New York on Nov. 16, 2003 — counter defense...

<p>November 17, 2003 -- A Yemeni cleric who allegedly boasted of giving Osama bin Laden millions of dollars collected at a Brooklyn mosque could be hauled into federal court as soon as today, after more than 10 months spent fighting extradition from Germany, a law enforcement source said. Sheik Mohammed Al Hasan Al-Moayad and his alleged assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, are expected to be arraigned in Brooklyn Federal Court immediately upon their arrival in the U.S. on charges they gave material support to al Qaeda and Hamas.</p>

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - German officials are considering whether to extradite two Yemeni al-Qaida suspects arrested last week at Washington's request, officials said Monday. No date has been set for any decision, said Wolfgang Frank, a spokesman for the state court in Frankfurt, which will have to rule on the case. The men, Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayyed and Said Mohammed Mohsen, were arrested Friday at the Sheraton hotel near Frankfurt's international airport following a U.S. request for their arrest with a view to extradition. German officials say al-Moayyed, 58, is suspected of organizing logistics for al-Qaida in Yemen. Mohsen is...