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...Even though Ressam refused to testify in court, the fact that he had spilled the beans on Doha and evidence pointing to Doha's role as a Qaeda recruiter raises questions over the U.S. decision to drop the extradition request - particularly if the consequence of doing so is that Doha will go free. With no terror-related charges pending, Doha faces an immigration hearing in early 2007 that may end with his deportation from Britain. In Washington, officials at the U.S. Departments of State and Justice, as well at the CIA, refused to comment on Doha's case. (Each referred...
...officials are certainly aware of the danger of Doha being turned loose. "There's concern about what he'll do," says the U.S. intelligence official. "After he's released, he'll probably return to his old friends. Anybody who's been engaged in a potential plot against us - and who we believe will return to being engaged with the same group that he was beforehand - would cause some problems...
...French and U.S. officials concur on a picture of Doha's activities during the 1990s that included serving as al-Qaeda's coordinator for Europe, and recruiting scores, perhaps hundreds, of young Muslims into clandestine network, sending many for training in Afghanistan at a specially designated camp...
...Although France, Italy and Germany had evidence tying Doha to specific plots, they refrained from making their own extradition requests once the U.S. had signaled its intention to put Doha on trial. But now that the U.S. case has been dropped, it's too late for the Europeans to step in, because the cases in which they would have charged Doha have already been tried, and can't legally be reopened without new evidence against...
...French are incredulous at the prospect of Doha going free. "How can you have Abu Zubaydah, Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, and who knows how many low-level fighters in secret camps and let someone of Abu Doha's stature free by deporting him?" the French counter-terrorism official asks. "It's incomprehensible that someone with his profile will be deported to freedom and allowed to resume his activities...