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Tuesday, October 19, 2004

BREAKING NEWS ~ UK court charges Abu Hamza on 16 counts
Bernard Hibbitts at 7:07 AM ET

The BBC is reporting that a British court has charged radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri (BBC profile), arrested last May by UK police on a US extradition warrant, on 16 criminal counts including soliciting murder and possession of a terrorist document. The local charges would appear to put the US extradition bid on hold.




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