Bid to Bar Hamas Chief’s Extradition
GAZA CITY — Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat has asked the United States to refrain from extraditing a top leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas to Israel, an aide said Thursday.
The request came as pressure piled up on Washington not to hand over Mousa abu Marzuk, the political leader of Hamas, to Israel after he withdrew a court appeal against his extradition.
Israel plans to try Abu Marzuk, who is now jailed in New York, for his alleged role in financing and plotting terror attacks. He is expected to arrive in the next two months.
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In some 1997 stories, and stories from 2001 onward, Mousa abu Marzuk is referred to as Mousa abu Marzook.
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