(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/130104-abid-naseer-345a.380;380;7;70;0.jpg)Metropolitan PoliceAbid Naseer, 26, was extradited from Britain to the United States on Thursday.By ReutersLONDON -- A Pakistani man accused by U.K. authorities of being an al-Qaida operative who took part in a plot to bomb U.S. and British targets was extradited to the United States on Thursday to face terrorism charges.
Abid Naseer, 26, was one of a dozen men arrested in April 2009 on suspicion of preparing to cause mass casualties by bombing Manchester city center in northern England.
He and the other suspects were never charged, but Britain said in addition to the alleged Manchester plot, Naseer was part of a wider al-Qaida cell bent on staging attacks in the United States and Norway.
On Thursday, he was taken by counter-terrorism police from a high security prison in east London to Luton airport, north of the British capital, and handed over to U.S. officials.
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Those found wanting should be interrogated very well so they can get to the rest of the gang