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Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Italian high court upholds extradition of London bomb suspect
Kate Heneroty at 9:04 AM ET

[JURIST] Italy's highest court upheld a lower court ruling [JURIST report] Tuesday permitting the extradition of Hussain Osman [Wikipedia profile], also known as Hamdi Issac, a suspect in the failed July 21 London bomb attacks [JURIST report]. Osman, who is expected to be transferred to Britain within the next 10 days, was arrested in Italy the week following the attacks on a new European arrest warrant [EU backgrounder], intended to speed up extradition. Three other suspects remain in British custody [JURIST report], charged with attempted murder, possessing explosives, conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosions. BBC News has more.






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