US judge orders Islamist preacher extradited from UK remain in detention

Abu Hamza and four other terror suspects who were extradited overnight from Britain appeared in U.S. court in the latest stage of a transatlantic legal saga. All men except Abu Hamza, who entered no plea, pleaded not guilty.

The one-eyed extremist, whose trademark hook on the stump of his right arm and other prosthetic limbs were removed, did not speak at the hearing in New York, except for a few words muttered to his court-appointed lawyer.

Abu Hamza, 54, faces terror charges over a 1998 kidnapping in Yemen, setting up an al-Qaida-style training camp in the northwestern state of Oregon and for “facilitating violent jihad” in Afghanistan. He will be formally charged on Tuesday.

Wearing a navy blue prisoner's outfit, the long-bearded Abu Hamza kept his shaved head of white hair bowed during the hearing before U.S. Magistrate Judge Frank Maas, who summarized the 11 charges before him.

Sabrina Shroff, a lawyer for the cleric, requested the authorities return his special shoes, without which “he will not be able to function in a civilized way” due to foot trouble, and requested medical acare on account of his diabetes.

Appearing in the same New York court were Egyptian Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled Al-Fawwaz of Saudi Arabia, 50. They are both charged with conspiring with members of al-Qaida to kill U.S. nationals and attack U.S. interests abroad.

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