Germany’s supreme court said Thursday it has approved the extradition of two Yemenis to the United States, where they are wanted on charges of supporting al-Qaida. Ali Hassan al-Moayad and his alleged assistant, Mohammed Mohsen Yahya Zayed, were arrested in a Frankfurt hotel in January. The Federal Constitutional Court said in a statement that it rejected complaints by both men against lower-court decisions backing extradition. The final decision on extradition lies with the German government. The two were caught in a sting operation at a hotel, where they expected to meet a wealthy American Muslim. U.S. and German authorities say they learned in December 2001 that al-Moayad was involved in supplying money and militants for Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network as well as to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Full Story
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