UK’s Cameron calls for faster extraditions

By Washington Examiner

Published May 20, 2014 10:16am ET

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UK’s Cameron calls for faster extraditions — In this courtroom drawing, Egyptian Islamic preacher Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, left, sits in the courtroom of Judge Katherine Forrest, upper right, as Courtroom Deputy Joseph Pecorino reads the jury verdict sheet finding Mustafa guilty in his terrorism trial in New York Monday, May 19, 2014. Referred by prosecutors and defense lawyers alike by his alias, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Mustafa sits next to his defense lawyer Joshua Dratel, center back, who sits next to defense lawyer Jeremy Schneider, far right. In front of them is the prosecution team. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Williams) | Elizabeth Williams

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister David Cameron said Tuesday he will seek to make extradition faster after the conviction in New York of radical cleric Mustafa Kamel Mustafa on terrorist charges.

He told BBC Radio 4 that it took too long for Britain to extradite the cleric, known in Britain as Abu Hamza and remembered for his fiery, anti-Western sermons at the Finsbury Park Mosque in North London.

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