Terror Suspect Extradited to U.S.

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Source: Associated Press

Terror Suspect Extradited to U.S.

Sunday May 27, 2007 2:16 AM

By LARRY McSHANE

Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK (AP) - An American student arrested last year in London
on allegations of providing al-Qaida fighters with equipment to attack
American soldiers was in federal custody Saturday.

Syed Hashmi, 27, arrived in the U.S. late Friday, said U.S. Attorney
Michael J. Garcia. Hashmi is the first terror suspect extradited to the
United States by British authorities.

Hashmi, known to his associates as “Fahad,” was indicted in May 2006
on charges of supplying the unspecified equipment for al-Qaida “to
fight against United States forces in Afghanistan.”

He was also charged with agreeing to help others provide military gear
for al-Qaida to use in Pakistan, the indictment said. The conspiracy to
support the terrorist group behind the World Trade Center attack
operated between January 2004 and May 2006, the indictment said.

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