Islamist cleric appeals extradition from Britain to US: lawyers

    Lawyers for Islamist cleric Abu Hamza have lodged an appeal against his extradition from Britain to the US. Hamza is accused by United States of being part of a global plot and waging jihad against Western countries, and officials want to try him over the 1998 abduction of 16 Western tourists in Yemen. The Egyptian-born preacher is currently serving a 7-year sentence in the UK for inciting murder and hatred. A court in London originally approved hamza’s extradition, but the handover to US authorities had been pending the final approval of the home secretary.

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