Karlsruhe, Germany - Sweden has extradited a 24-year-old
Islamist to Germany on charges of recruiting in Europe for an al-
Qaeda-linked group mounting terrorist attacks in Iraq, the German
Public Prosecutor announced in Karslruhe Friday.
According to the public prosecutor's office, 24-year-old Morrocan
Abdelali M. was handed over to Germany on Tuesday.
He is accused of assisting the alleged al-Qaeda terrorist Redouane
e-H, who was arrested in Hamburg last July on charges of recruiting
in Europe for an al-Qaeda-linked group mounting terrorist attacks in
Iraq.
A 36-year-old man of Moroccan origin who lived in Kiel, northern
Germany until his arrest, e-H is alleged to have transmitted messages
to Said Bahaji, one of the eight alleged 9-11 plotters from Hamburg.
Abdelali M. was arrested in Sweden in March 26 and has been held
there since awaiting the verdict of an appeal against his
extradition.
He appeared before the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe
Wednesday where he was remanded in custody.
Abdelali M. is also charged with being the founder of a new
terrorist group in June and July 2006, which was planning to operate
in Sudan.
The group aimed to open a new 'front' in Sudan to wage jihad or
holy war against 'Crusaders,' an Islamist term for what are perceived
as threatening western nations.
The 32-year-old Islamist, Thaer A, was extradited from Sweden to
Germany on April 4.
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