Extradition from the Czech Republic to the United States—Oussama Kassir

An extremely interesting extradition battle is about to get under way as the United States has formally requested the extradition of Oussama Kassir who is accused of plotting to set up terrorist training camps in Oregon. If you recall, when we last mentioned Mr. Kassir, we noted that extradition may be difficult because of the antiquated extradition treaty between the two countries and because none of the multilateral conventions to which the two counties are signatories apply very neatly.

According to the Czech Minister of Justice's spokesman, Petr Dimun, the “application was immediately handed to the relevant state attorney’s office.”^[1] So far, there is no information on what is contained in the request and what theory will be used in arguing for Mr. Kassir’s extradition.

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[1] USA Applies for Extradition of Swede Suspected of Terrorism, Czech News Agency, Feb. 7, 2006.