{"id":218449,"date":"2019-06-12T04:44:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-12T08:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218449"},"modified":"2019-06-12T04:44:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-12T08:44:15","slug":"court-of-appeal-upholds-edmonton-mans-extradition-to-u-s-to-face-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/12\/court-of-appeal-upholds-edmonton-mans-extradition-to-u-s-to-face-terrorism-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Court of Appeal upholds Edmonton man’s extradition to U.S. to face terrorism charges"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, has been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to provide and providing material support to terrorists engaged in violent activities in Syria. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

EDMONTON \u2014 The Alberta Court of Appeal has upheld an extradition order for a man facing terrorism charges in the United States.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi Ahmed Abdullahi, 34, has been charged in the U.S. with conspiring to provide and providing material support to terrorists engaged in violent activities in Syria.<\/p>\n

He was ordered extradited by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice John Little in May 2018.<\/p>\n

Three Appeal Court justices \u2014 Barbara Lea Veldhuis, Jo’Anne Strekaf and Dawn Pentelechuk \u2014 heard Abdullahi’s challenge of the extradition order last Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Abdullahi raises the same arguments on appeal as raised before the extradition judge,\u201d they wrote in a decision released Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The arguments included \u201cthe deliberately vague\u201d record of the case and a belief that some of the information comes from witnesses who are no longer alive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn our view, Mr. Abdullahi’s appeal is grounded in the erroneous suggestion that the evidence … would not meet the evidentiary standards of a Canadian criminal trial,\u201d they wrote. \u201cThis is not the test.\u201d<\/p>\n

They said the extradition judge was correct to conclude that the evidence was reliable and available for trial.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi could still seek leave to appeal the decision to the Supreme Court before he is deported to the U.S.<\/p>\n

His lawyer, Akram Attia, could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

American officials allege Abdullahi conspired with Douglas McCain, the first known American who died fighting for the Islamic State, and others in the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi, also known as Phish or Fish, was indicted in California in March 2017 and arrested by Canadian authorities in September 2017.<\/p>\n

The U.S. indictment alleges that Abdullahi conspired with McCain and others to provide personnel and money to people in Syria engaged in terrorist activities, including killing, kidnapping and maiming people.<\/p>\n

It also alleges Abdullahi robbed an Edmonton jewelry store to finance the travel of McCain and others, then wired the money.<\/p>\n

Abdullahi also faces an armed robbery charge in Canada.<\/p>\n

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