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10-14-2012, 02:00 PM
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NY jail sees terror suspect's fake arms as weapons<CITE class="byline vcard">By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press – <ABBR class=updated title=2012-10-13T18:07:22Z>23 hrs ago</ABBR></CITE>
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NEW YORK (AP) — Every night, while an Egyptian Islamic preacher awaits trial on terrorism charges, jailers confiscate items he carries with him during the day that they consider to be weapons— his prosthetic arms, including one with a metal hook.
It's a security precaution that comes with a price. For Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, it means being left for hours helpless with tasks others take for granted, such as dressing or eating. For taxpayers, it means paying more than $15,000 to outfit Mustafa with a new set of prosthetic arms with rounded fingers that can't be used as weapons.
Mustafa, 54, widely known by the name Abu Hamza al-Masri, was extradited to the U.S. from Britain in early October. He faces charges of conspiring with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. He's also accused of helping abduct 16 hostages, two of them American tourists, in Yemen in 1998. He has pleaded not guilty.
Jeremy Schneider, the lawyer who represented Mustafa in court this past week, complained outside court that the daily removal of his client's arms is a problem.
"He has use of them for a certain part of the day but not long enough to allow him to function the way he should function," Schneider said. "As you can well imagine, he's not happy he's in a situation like this."
It's unclear how Mustafa copes during the times he's without his fake limbs. He has appeared in court handless and helpless, the rounded ends of his arms — both cut off shortly after the elbows — in plain sight.
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Now likely we will have to spend tens of thousands replacing his old arms with new ones at taxpayer exspense.
And news put out there like this article with get him great sympathy for the usual suspects!-Tyr
NY jail sees terror suspect's fake arms as weapons<CITE class="byline vcard">By LARRY NEUMEISTER | Associated Press – <ABBR class=updated title=2012-10-13T18:07:22Z>23 hrs ago</ABBR></CITE>
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Enlarge Photo (http://www.debatepolicy.com/photos/courtroom-drawing-defense-attorney-jeremy-schneider-left-represents-photo-171204176.html) Associated Press/ Elizabeth Williams - In this courtroom drawing, defense attorney, Jeremy Schneider, left, represents accused terrorist Abu Hamza al-Masri, center, in Manhattan federal court, Tuesday, Oct. …more 9, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/ Elizabeth Williams) less
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NEW YORK (AP) — Every night, while an Egyptian Islamic preacher awaits trial on terrorism charges, jailers confiscate items he carries with him during the day that they consider to be weapons— his prosthetic arms, including one with a metal hook.
It's a security precaution that comes with a price. For Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, it means being left for hours helpless with tasks others take for granted, such as dressing or eating. For taxpayers, it means paying more than $15,000 to outfit Mustafa with a new set of prosthetic arms with rounded fingers that can't be used as weapons.
Mustafa, 54, widely known by the name Abu Hamza al-Masri, was extradited to the U.S. from Britain in early October. He faces charges of conspiring with Seattle men to set up a terrorist training camp in Oregon. He's also accused of helping abduct 16 hostages, two of them American tourists, in Yemen in 1998. He has pleaded not guilty.
Jeremy Schneider, the lawyer who represented Mustafa in court this past week, complained outside court that the daily removal of his client's arms is a problem.
"He has use of them for a certain part of the day but not long enough to allow him to function the way he should function," Schneider said. "As you can well imagine, he's not happy he's in a situation like this."
It's unclear how Mustafa copes during the times he's without his fake limbs. He has appeared in court handless and helpless, the rounded ends of his arms — both cut off shortly after the elbows — in plain sight.
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Now likely we will have to spend tens of thousands replacing his old arms with new ones at taxpayer exspense.
And news put out there like this article with get him great sympathy for the usual suspects!-Tyr