U.K. to Extradite Muslim Cleric to U.S.

A European court ruled Monday that radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri can be extradited to the United States to face terrorism charges, including allegedly trying to set up an al Qaeda training camp in rural Oregon, the Wall Stret Journal reports.
The decision means that Hamza, considered one of Britain's most notorious extremists, could be deported within weeks.
The U.S. accuses Hamza, who is blind in one eye and wears a hook for a hand, of assisting the taking of 16 hostages in Yemen in 1998 and of conspiring to set up a terrorist training camp in Bly, Ore., between 2000 and 2001.
He is also accused of preaching jihad—holy war—in Afghanistan.
The cleric, who is known for his fiery anti-Western and anti-Semitic outbursts, claims he has lost his Egyptian nationality, but Britain considers him an Egyptian citizen. He is currently serving a seven-year prison term in Britain for inciting hatred.