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Extradition hearing opens for man wanted in US on international terrorism charges
Summary
In September 2014 the High Court in Dublin opened extradition proceedings against Ali Charaf Damache, a 49‑year‑old Algerian‑born Irish citizen. The United States seeks to charge him with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists and attempted identity theft to facilitate an act of international terrorism. US prosecutors allege that Damache, who used the username "Theblackflag," conspired with American woman Colleen LaRose (online name "Jihad Jane") and others to create a terror cell in Europe capable of targeting US and western European citizens. They also claim he participated in a conspiracy to transfer a passport stolen from a US citizen to a person in Pakistan believed to be a member of Al Qaeda. LaRose was jailed in the US for ten years for a plot to murder Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks, and another alleged conspirator, Jamie Paulin Ramirez, was sentenced to eight years for providing material support to terrorists. Ali Charaf Damache pleaded guilty.
Who, what, where, when and why
What: Report matter: Extradition hearing opens for man wanted in US on international terrorism charges. Charges or matters: providing material support to terrorists; sending a menacing phone call to US Muslim activist Majed Moughni in January 2010. Procedural stage: sentence
When:
- September 13, 2009 Other
- March 2013 Incident
- January 2010 Incident
- March 2010 Incident
- 2014-09-08 Publication
Case subjects
Accused
Charges: providing material support to terrorists; sending a menacing phone call to US Muslim activist Majed Moughni in January 2010 (Admitted)
Plea: Guilty
Outcome: Ramirez was sentenced in the US to eight years, after pleaded guilty to providing material support to terrorists. Mr Farrell said a letter from the US Department of Justice stated that, should Damache be surrendered, he would be detained pending trial at a Federal detention centre in Philadelphia.
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Topics
Stage Sentence Theft Violent Crime
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