9/11 suspect released
A British court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Moroccan man allegedly linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Justice Janet Smith and Justice Stephen Irwin ruled that Farid Hilali's detention under a European arrest warrant had become arbitrary and unjustified.
Hilali has been held in British prisons for 2½ years while fighting against a Spanish extradition warrant. Hilali was not immediately released, however, pending a possible appeal to the House of Lords.
Hilali was arrested in Britain in June 2004 on terrorism charges after he was named with 34 others, including al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, as an alleged conspirator in the 2001 attacks.
Spanish authorities sought the extradition of Hilali because of his links to Syrian-born Spaniard Imad Yarkas, who is alleged to have founded and led an al-Qaida cell in Spain.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/world/article1755734.ece
A British court on Wednesday ordered the release of a Moroccan man allegedly linked to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States.
Justice Janet Smith and Justice Stephen Irwin ruled that Farid Hilali's detention under a European arrest warrant had become arbitrary and unjustified.
Hilali has been held in British prisons for 2½ years while fighting against a Spanish extradition warrant. Hilali was not immediately released, however, pending a possible appeal to the House of Lords.
Hilali was arrested in Britain in June 2004 on terrorism charges after he was named with 34 others, including al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, as an alleged conspirator in the 2001 attacks.
Spanish authorities sought the extradition of Hilali because of his links to Syrian-born Spaniard Imad Yarkas, who is alleged to have founded and led an al-Qaida cell in Spain.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/world/article1755734.ece
