Former Guantanamo detainee faces possible extradition to Spain
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
One of three British residents who returned from the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay this week was due to appear before a court Thursday to face possible extradition to Spain for alleged terrorism offenses, police said.
Jamil el-Banna, 45, of Jordan, flew back to Britain under police guard late Wednesday, five years after he was seized by US authorities.
His lawyer, Zachary Katznelson, said el-Banna is accused in Spain of associating with terrorist suspects, but that the allegation is not connected to the 2004 Madrid bombings.
Fellow detainees Libyan-born Omar Deghayes, 38, and Abdennour Sameur, 34, of Algeria, arrived back with el-Banna at Luton airport, north of London. The two were arrested separately on suspicion of preparing or instigating terrorism, London's Metropolitan Police said.
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