Dutch authorities say an Iraqi-born Dutch citizen, suspected of plotting attacks on American forces in Iraq, has been extradited to the United States.
Wesam al-Delaema was put on a plane and flown to an undisclosed location in the US after losing his final appeal against extradition in December.
He is set to become the first suspect tried in a US court for allegedly plotting attacks on US forces in Iraq.
Update: A Dutch reader emailed to point out this passage from the BBC story: “[A] Dutch judge said there was ‘no reason to believe that the US authorities will not abide by the commitments they have given or… deprive the suspect of his fundamental rights.'” The reader asks, “Probably the Dutch judge (and minister Hirs Balin) had no time to read about recent developments in the US?”
