Profile: The other terror suspects set to be extradited to US

BABAR Ahmad is believed to have set a record for the longest period any British national has been held without trial in recent times – nearly eight years.

That site is alleged to have been one of the foremost propaganda and fundraising tools in the world for encouraging young Muslims to convert to extremism.

During the 1990s and early 2000s it allegedly played a key role in supporting Mujahideen causes in Bosnia, Chechnya and Afghanistan.

It has since been closed down.

Ahmad and his family have said he should be tried in the UK and described his case as a travesty of justice.

He came from a middle class background and was first arrested in December 2003, in a Scotland Yard counter-terrorism operation. He was released without charge but accused the arresting officers of assaulting him and ultimately received £60,000 compensation from the Metropolitan Police.

In August 2004, he was arrested again, pending extradition.

This time he was wanted by America.

The US alleges Ahmad provided material support to terrorists, money laundered through the website and plotted with US nationals.

He is also accused of receiving classified US Naval plans.

Facing 269 sentences of life imprisonment without parole

Adel Abdul Bary was indicted, along with Osama bin Laden and 20 others, for their alleged involvement in, or support for, the bombing of US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam in 1998.

The Egyptian was seen as being one of bin Laden’s key aides in London and is one of the UK’s longest-held detainees who has not stood trial.

Judges at the European court in Strasbourg said Bary faces 269 mandatory sentences of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole if he goes on trial in the US.

Ahsan accused of conspiracy to kill

Syed Ahsan is Babar Ahmad’s lesser known co-accused.

Like Ahmad, he is alleged to have provided material support to terrorists and is accused of conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim or injure people by receiving classified US Naval plans.

Ahsan, who was born in 1979, was arrested on a US extradition warrant in September 2006.

He, too, has argued that he should be tried in the UK and has claimed the police and the Crown Prosecution Service have not properly considered whether they could be tried in London. Both men believe that, if convicted, they will be held at a special “supermax” prison in the United States called ADX Florence, which they claimed would be a breach of their human rights.

Al Fawwaz is charged with more than 269 counts of murder

Like Adel Abdul Bary, the Saudi Arabian Khaled al Fawwaz is accused of having been a key ally of Osama bin Laden.

They are alleged to have promoted violent jihad against the west and both face a massive indictment, including playing a role in the 1998 US embassy bombings in East Africa, in which more than 200 people were killed and thousands injured.

Judges in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg said that al Fawwaz had “notably” been charged with more than 269 counts of murder.

Concerns raised over mental health

NO DECISION was taken on whether to extradite Haroon Rashid Aswat because of concerns raised about his mental health.

The judges ordered an adjournment to consider what kind of impact a transfer to America would have on him.

The UK government has been given until 9 May to submit their observations. Aswat is Hamza’s co-accused and was allegedly involved in the plot to establish a training camp in Oregon. He was arrested in August 2005 and his case went to Europe in the summer of 2007.