Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has lost his High Court battle against extradition to the US where he faces terror-related charges. Two judges ruled that the decision to extradite was "unassailable".
Egyptian-born Hamza, 51, from west London, who is fitted with hooks on both partially-amputated arms, is serving a seven-year jail term for stirring up racial hatred and inciting followers to murder non-believers.
The US authorities want him to stand trial for allegedly attempting to set up an al Qaida training camp in Bly, Oregon.
He could face a total of 11 terrorism charges, including sending money and recruits to assist the Taliban and al Qaida.
Sir Igor Judge and Mr Justice Sullivan, sitting at the High Court in London, gave his lawyers 14 days to apply for leave to launch a final appeal to the House of Lords after dismissing his case.
Senior district judge Timothy Workman ruled at Westminster Magistrates' Court that Hamza, currently held at Belmarsh top-security prison in south east London, could be extradited, and in February this year Home Secretary Jacqui Smith gave the final approval.
The High Court judges said they had reached the "clear conclusion that the order made by Judge Workman was properly made, and that the subsequent decision of the (Home Secretary) was unassailable".
**At least looking like that, we can be sure that Abu Hamza will be safe from all but the most desperate and frustrated prison queens when he arrives in the good ol US of A...
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