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UK court rules to extradite terrorism suspect to US
 A court agreed on Tuesday to allow the extradition to the United States of a British computer expert accused by American prosecutors of funding terrorism. Judge Timothy Workman said he was satisfied Babar Ahmad would receive a fair trial in the United States. Ahmad's supporters in Britain argue that, if he has charges to answer, he should be tried in Britain. "This is a difficult and troubling case," Workman said at Bow Street magistrates' court in London. "The defendant is a British subject who is alleged to have committed offences that, if the evidence were available, could have been prosecuted in this country." He said, however, the United States has the right to seek Ahmad's extradition under a British law, passed in 2003, which allows American prosecutors to request such a move without presenting evidence in a British court. The judge's decision is not the last word. The issue will now go to Britain's Home Secretary (interior minister) who has 60 days to rule on the case. Posted by: Fred 2005-05-18 |
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