Abu Hamza extradition halted .. again

[anonymous-user]

Scuffers said:

69 coupe said:

Does this mean after his trial in the US, will he be returned to the UK after his sentence? I hooking hope not!

good question...

I think that's why he was so keen to get a british passport, not sure if he ever gained UK citizenship?

British passport = British citizen (subject to some presently not relevant exceptions).

[anonymous-user]

Hamza became a citizen in the 1980s under the last Tory administration. He was not then a known radical.

[whoami]

69 coupe said:

Does this mean after his trial in the US, will he be returned to the UK after his sentence? I hooking hope not!

No chance of that.

Once the US have got their hooks into him (Karma is a bh), he's gone for good.

[Mermaid]

whoami said:

69 coupe said:

Does this mean after his trial in the US, will he be returned to the UK after his sentence? I hooking hope not!

No chance of that.

Once the US have got their hooks into him (Karma is a bh), he's gone for good.

Would not rule anything out.

[alfaman]

Will the US electric chair need a special UK plug adaptor for hooks ?

[anonymous-user]

Joking apart, the death penalty is not an option. If it were, Hamza could not be extradited to the US from the UK or any EU member State.

By the way, critics of UK-US extradition policy may be interested to learn that the US has not refused a single UK extradition request, but the UK has refused seven US requests, since the latest treaty was made.

[Transmitter Man]

http://www.heathrowairport.com/flight-information/...

[CAPP0]

Breadvan72 said:

He will likely be away for a while.

Inshallah

[Lost_BMW]

speedchick said:

News is now saying all 5 of them.

First bit of good news today.

I was just thinking exactly the same - a small crumb of comfort...

[onyx39]

Apparently there a couple of US. Aircraft sitting on the ground somewhere in east Anglian fueled and waiting...


mr Hamza

[drivin_me_nuts]

How long now then before the the walk to steps of the plane? Days? weeks?

[MadMullah]

hours from the sounds of it - they've been handed over to the extradition dept of the met police

with the US dept of justice jet waiting i doubt they'll want to keep that parked there longer than 24 hrs

[odyssey2200]

Especially for you hookie!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0

[onyx39]

odyssey2200 said:

Especially for you hookie!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLBKOcUbHR0

[hornetrider]

speedchick said:

I just heard that, plane ready and waiting with US Marshalls on it

Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out!

[mrmr96]

hornetrider said:

speedchick said:

I just heard that, plane ready and waiting with US Marshalls on it

Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out!

Can someone please post up when the flight is in the air? Will it be today do we think?

As soon as he's there - he ain't coming back IMO.

[drivin_me_nuts]

Interesting. As he boards the plane and sits looking out at the bright lights of Heathrow, I wonder if he will reflect a minute on the steps that got him to this point. I wonder, if in the scheme of things it has been 'worth it' for him. Once stateside, he will become little more than a footnote in this country's recent history. What a way to end a life of liberty.

[onyx39]

drivin_me_nuts said:

Interesting. As he boards the plane and sits looking out at the bright lights of Heathrow, I wonder if he will reflect a minute on the steps that got him to this point. I wonder, if in the scheme of things it has been 'worth it' for him. Once stateside, he will become little more than a footnote in this country's recent history. What a way to end a life of liberty.

Won't be Heathrow. Will be somewhere far more private than that! (IE US Base)

[Mr_B]

Breadvan72 said:

Joking apart, the death penalty is not an option. If it were, Hamza could not be extradited to the US from the UK or any EU member State.

By the way, critics of UK-US extradition policy may be interested to learn that the US has not refused a single UK extradition request, but the UK has refused seven US requests, since the latest treaty was made.

Please don't bring facts into this, the Twitter set is already full of idiots trying to compare this to Labour agreeing to go to war with Iraq alongside America.

[Man-At-Arms]

onyx39 said:

drivin_me_nuts said:

Interesting. As he boards the plane and sits looking out at the bright lights of Heathrow, I wonder if he will reflect a minute on the steps that got him to this point. I wonder, if in the scheme of things it has been 'worth it' for him. Once stateside, he will become little more than a footnote in this country's recent history. What a way to end a life of liberty.

Won't be Heathrow. Will be somewhere far more private than that! (IE US Base)

Mildenhall or Lakenheath