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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/mai...17.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/11/17/ixnewstop.html
Just a question here since this is establishing a mighty interesting precedent in a system of common law whereby it now appears that British citizens can now be held to American law without ever having committed an offence on US soil. Slightly troubling and this dovetails nicely with the CIA kidnapping suspects abroad who are not US citizens and whisking them away. Is nothing sacred, not even the sovereignty of allies?
Ahmad, 31, was arrested by British anti-terrorist police in August 2004 on an extradition warrant from America, which alleged terrorist fund-raising activities between 1998 and 2003, and he has been in jail ever since.
Just a question here since this is establishing a mighty interesting precedent in a system of common law whereby it now appears that British citizens can now be held to American law without ever having committed an offence on US soil. Slightly troubling and this dovetails nicely with the CIA kidnapping suspects abroad who are not US citizens and whisking them away. Is nothing sacred, not even the sovereignty of allies?