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Accused pioneer of online radical Islamist propaganda freed

World News // 9 years ago

Accused pioneer of online radical Islamist propaganda freed

Babar Ahmad, a British man jailed for about 11 years and considered the pioneer of online radical Islamist propaganda, has returned to his family in London.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

British engineer sentenced in U.S. on terror charge

A British engineer who designed websites that built support for the Taliban and other Muslim groups was sentenced Wednesday to 12 1/2 years in a U.S. prison.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Briton pleads guilty in U.S. to raising funds for the Taliban

A British citizen pleaded guilty in a U.S. courtroom Tuesday to charges of supporting terrorism in Afghanistan.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Terror suspects plead not guilty

Babar Ahmed and Syed Talha Ahsan, who were extradited to the United States Friday, pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in New Haven, Conn., Saturday.

World News // 1 decade ago

Hamza loses extradition fight in Britain

A British court Friday rejected a bid by radical cleric Abu Hamza to stop his extradition from Britain to the United States to stand trial on terrorism charges.

World News // 1 decade ago

Terrorists fight extradition from UK to US

Harsh conditions contribute to the poor health of terrorism suspect Abu Hamza, a lawyer fighting Hamza's extradition to the United States told a British court.

World News // 1 decade ago

Terror suspects to be extradited to U.S.

Five terrorism suspects held in England will soon be extradited to the United States, officials say, after a court rejected their appeal to be tried in Europe.

World News // 1 decade ago

Five terror suspects lose extradition case

Radical cleric Abu Hamza and four terror suspects may be extradited to the United States to be tried for terrorism, the European Court of Human Rights ruled.

U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Cops charged with beating terror suspect

Four British police officers face criminal charges over an alleged attack on a Muslim terrorism suspect wanted by U.S. authorities, prosecutors said Thursday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Ex-sailor tried on terror charges

A former U.S. Navy seaman went on trial in Connecticut Monday, charged with passing U.S. military secrets to foreign terrorists.

For the British writer/director see Babar Ahmed.

Babar Ahmad is a British Muslim a computer expert, born in London, England in 1974. He is one of the UK's Islamic terrorism suspects, and has been incarcerated since August 2004.

British police arrested Ahmad before releasing him without a charge in December 2003. Soon after his arrest, Babar Ahmad launched a complaint about the police, alleging he had been beaten and verbally abused while in custody. Eight months later, in August 2004, the US requested his extradition to face terror charges.

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