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03/11/2008
Three Tunisians Extradited To Face Charges In Italy
UK police have extradited three men, suspected of banned organisation membership, to Italy.
The Tunisian nationals are also accused of recruiting men for military training in Afghanistan between 1997 and 1999.
Police confirmed the men were charged with being members of an unnamed banned group, which some believe is al Qaeda's North Africa wing.
Arrests were originally made in Italy in 2007.
At the time, nine Tunisians were linked with the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, which Italian police sources said was previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
Habib Ignaoua, 47, from north London, Ali Chehidi, 35, from Surrey, southeast England, and Mohamed Khemari, 54, of no fixed address, were sent to Italy on Saturday.
European arrest warrants had been issued for the men by Italian authorities.
Their arrest warrant said they had "convinced and organised volunteers to undergo military training in Afghanistan for jihad (Muslim holy struggle)" between 1997 and 1999.
London judge Nicholas Evans granted the extradition request in May, after an Italian court accused the men of "membership of a criminal organisation for the purposes of terrorism."
(PR)
The Tunisian nationals are also accused of recruiting men for military training in Afghanistan between 1997 and 1999.
Police confirmed the men were charged with being members of an unnamed banned group, which some believe is al Qaeda's North Africa wing.
Arrests were originally made in Italy in 2007.
At the time, nine Tunisians were linked with the al Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb, which Italian police sources said was previously known as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat.
Habib Ignaoua, 47, from north London, Ali Chehidi, 35, from Surrey, southeast England, and Mohamed Khemari, 54, of no fixed address, were sent to Italy on Saturday.
European arrest warrants had been issued for the men by Italian authorities.
Their arrest warrant said they had "convinced and organised volunteers to undergo military training in Afghanistan for jihad (Muslim holy struggle)" between 1997 and 1999.
London judge Nicholas Evans granted the extradition request in May, after an Italian court accused the men of "membership of a criminal organisation for the purposes of terrorism."
(PR)
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