Atticus
January 20, 2003, 10:11 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-01-20-britain-arrests_x.htm
"Mosque leader Abu Hamza al-Masri, whose fiery anti-Western sermons have led Britain to order him removed from his pulpit, was not arrested.
Al-Masri, who lost both hands and an eye fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, has referred to Britain as "the land of the enemies of Islam."
The United States says al-Masri belongs to the Islamic Army of Aden, a group that claimed responsibility for a 2000 suicide bombing of the warship USS Cole in Yemen, which killed 17 sailors.
The cleric, who denies any involvement in violence and says he is only a spokesman for political causes, has had British citizenship since 1985. British law protects him from extradition to Yemen to face charges for his alleged role in the attack."
Where's 007 when you need him?
"Mosque leader Abu Hamza al-Masri, whose fiery anti-Western sermons have led Britain to order him removed from his pulpit, was not arrested.
Al-Masri, who lost both hands and an eye fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, has referred to Britain as "the land of the enemies of Islam."
The United States says al-Masri belongs to the Islamic Army of Aden, a group that claimed responsibility for a 2000 suicide bombing of the warship USS Cole in Yemen, which killed 17 sailors.
The cleric, who denies any involvement in violence and says he is only a spokesman for political causes, has had British citizenship since 1985. British law protects him from extradition to Yemen to face charges for his alleged role in the attack."
Where's 007 when you need him?