Let the U.S have him.

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/terror-suspect-clears-extradition-hurdle-1803125.html

Why do we insist on hanging on to our terrorists, when there is a chance of getting rid of them, haven't we got enough of our own home grown ones?

----"Al Fawwaz claims his human rights would be breached if he was sent to a US "supermax" prison."----

----"He has spent more than 10 years in custody in Britain, at a reported cost of £1m to the taxpayer."-----

If Brown wants to save money, why doesn't he start here?

[jake-the-peg]

It's called Due process of Law

He's already lost the extradition case he's just getting a chance to appeal.

I don't think he has a hope of succeding but if he has an arguable case it should be heard.

I thought all you Torys were up for reducing the power of the State - and you want Gordon Brown to interfere in the legal process directly?

Now I think a French President has that right

You trying to make us all French AOG?

[Gromit]

The process is the same as for the hacker Gary McKinnon. Strangely enough, the press are campaigning that McKinnon shouldn't be extraditied to the US. Oddly enough, the same newspapers do not share the same view of Al Fawwaz, isn't that inconsistant.

I do not recall AOG pushing for McKinnon's extradition to the US, but then there is an obvious difference in skin tone between the two gentlemen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1219732/Campaigners-Gary-McKinnon-make-appeal-Home-Secretary-Alan-Johnson.html

[anotheoldgit]

I gave you more credence than this Gromit, I refer to you trying to play the race card on this one.

Of course I am more concerned over this case than that of a lad who is nothing more really than a computer geek and a Asperger's syndrome sufferer to boot, and is no threat to us whatsoever. But he could be looking at the prospect of 60 years in a U.S. jail, after he admitted hacking into Nasa and Pentagon computers while searching for evidence of UFOs.

The alleged terrorist has already been incarcerated in our jails for 10years at the cost of £1millon to the taxpayer. Now if convicted by the Americans a terrorist facing a 60 year sentence would be no loss whatsoever, no matter what colour his skin.

[Gromit]

Al Fawwa is the man who took Osama Bin Laden to watch Arsenal.

http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=khalid_al-fawwaz

[R1Geezer]

that explains a lot Gromit, I can see why he turned to religious extremism after whatching Arsenal!

[rov1200]

It just shows the strength of our penal system even compared to France. In the news today was a terrorist who was tried for causing attrocities. We did not want to send him back to France as he would be repatriated to Algeria with a stiffer sentence probably death. So he got a 10 year sentence and released by the UK.

After the bombings in Europe he was implicated and this time we sent him to France to stand trial He has just been convicted and given a life's sentence there.

[Gromit]

ahmskunnirt

Al Fawwa has not been convicted of anything. All his crimes are 'alleged". There is no doubt he is an associate of Bin Laden, but that is not a crime in itself.

There is no doubt that McKinnon hacked into American computers, he has admitted such. He caused millions of dollars worth of damaged, and just because he is a 'brit" does not mean we should automatically protect him.

[anotheoldgit]

You are typical of our own Labour Government Gromit, their policy is also to hang their own country men out to dry, whilst protecting to the hilt each and every bit of scum, the rest of the World would hang, draw, and quarter given half the chance.

[Gromit]

ahmskunnirt

"Nice to see that you have him banged to rights and hung, drawn and quartered already." - He has admitted he hacked into the US computers.

Both men are probably guilty, both are using the lengthy appeals process to avoid extradition. Both appeals are costing us a great deal of money. Yet the treatment they are receiving in the media and by yourself are completely different.

McKinnon left this message on the Pentagon computer:
"US foreign policy is akin to government-sponsored terrorism these days? It was not a mistake that there was a huge security stand-down on September 11 last year...I am SOLO. I will continue to disrupt at the highest levels.”

Which doesn't really support that his motive was to expose the UFO coverup.

[Gromit]

ahmskunnirt

And neither has Al Fawwaz. He has been held without having a trial or convicted of anything since 1998.