Saturday - April 14, 2012

Poor Taste With An Extra Shot Of Awesomeness

Abu Hamza Gets Hooked

European court of human rights says the radical cleric can be extradited to the US to face terrorism charges

Abu Hamza, the radical cleric who became the face of violent extremism in Britain, can be extradited to the US to face terrorism charges, the European court of human rights has ruled.

The court in Strasbourg said the human rights of Hamza and four other men held in Britain – Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdel Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz – would not be violated if sent to the US to stand trial. European judges decided they needed more information about the mental health of Haroon Aswat, an aide to Hamza, before reaching a decision on him.

David Cameron welcomed the court’s ruling. Speaking during a trade mission to south-east Asia, he said: “I am very pleased with the news. It is quite right that we have proper legal processes, although sometimes one can get frustrated with how long they take.”

The home secretary, Theresa May, said the government “will work to ensure that the suspects are handed over to the US authorities as quickly as possible”.

Hamza, who controlled the Finsbury Park mosque in north London and turned it into a factory for violent jihad, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment in Britain after being convicted in 2006 of inciting hatred.

The previous government had wanted him sent to the US before his jail term had been completed, but the extradition was halted after his lawyers went to the European court.

The European court of human rights halted extradition proceedings in July 2010, arguing it needed more time to consider complaints that transferring Hamza and others wanted in the US risked breaching their rights by exposing them to possible life imprisonment without parole and solitary confinement.

Ahmad, who the US claims ran a website allegedly raising funds for Islamic extremists, is a computer expert from south London. He has been on remand and refused bail since his arrest in August 2004 on a US extradition warrant.

He was awarded £60,000 in compensation because of the violence British police used during his arrest in December 2003, during which he was punched, kicked and throttled. His case has been supported by the former transport minister Sadiq Khan, who is a family friend and Labour frontbencher.

In the Hamza case, the US has had to given written assurances that it will not impose the death penalty or place the suspects before Guantánamo Bay-style military tribunals.

The US alleges Hamza was in contact with Taliban and al-Qaida terrorists and aided the taking of 16 western tourists as hostages in Yemen in December 1998, an incident that ended in the deaths of three Britons. He is also charged with attempting to set up a training camp for “violent jihad” in Oregon in 1999, along with Aswat.

Nice of the euro-wienies to allow the UK to give us their #1 problem child. Too bad we had to agree not to shoot the hook handed bastard or slowly lower him into the wood chipper to get him over here. On the other hand, it was Obama and Holder who made the agreement, so for once their two faced duplicity might come in useful.

So what do we do with this freak once we get him? Lyndon has the answer; when life gives you lemons you make lemonade. And if the lemons are rotten you can just throw them at the wall for fun. So we’ll give Hanza a “fair trial”, and then put him in solitary somewhere dark and damp forever, and forget about him.  And in the meantime, we’ll mock the crap out of him, and turn his fearsome visage into a joke with a slightly useful purpose.

Behold the source of Lyndon’s new avatar, the Abu Hamza key holder. Very poor taste, but funny as all hell. And there’s no point in having terrorists if we can’t laugh at them on a daily basis.

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About $5, or make your own. Absolute awesomeness.

Posted by Drew458     on 04/14/2012 at 07:52 AM   
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