WASHINGTON (AP) — A member of al-Qaida who allegedly met with Osama bin Laden in 2001 has been extradited to the United States to face charges that he conspired to carry out a suicide bomb attack against Americans in Europe.

Nizar Trabelsi, a Tunisian national, was arrested in Belgium on Sept. 13, 2001, two days after the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S.

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