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Al-Qaeda suspect accused over plot to bomb the New York subway is extradited to U.S. by British
Police in Britain have extradited a terror suspect to the United States to face charges that he took part in an alleged al-Qaeda plot to detonate explosives on the New York City subway system in the biggest plot since the September 11 attacks.

Authorities handed Abid Naseer, 26, over to U.S. authorities on Thursday.

Prosecutors want Naseer to stand trial in the U.S. for his alleged role in a terror campaign that would have struck targets in Britain and Norway as well as New York.

Pakistani-national Naseer was arrested in the U.K. in 2010 after being indicted in the U.S. on terrorism charges. He has been fighting his extradition since then.

U.S. prosecutors told a British court hearing his extradition case two years ago that they plan to prove that Naseer collected bomb ingredients, conducted reconnaissance and communicated with al-Qaeda operatives.

The alleged activities were part of the foiled New York plot and another plot to bomb a shopping area in the northern English city of Manchester.

Naseer had been originally arrested on suspicion of terrorism in 2009. He was one of 12 men held in Manchester, but the men were later released because of a lack of evidence and a severely compromised investigation.


Posted by: tipper 2013-01-04
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