Netherlands extradites Dutch national linked to attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq
The Netherlands' government has extradited a naturalized Dutch citizen charged with involvement in terror attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, the Justice Ministry said.
In December, Dutch courts ruled Iraqi-born Wesam al Delaema, 32, could be extradited for his alleged role in attacks on U.S. forces in 2003. Al Delaema was on a plane headed for an undisclosed location in the U.S., Dutch Justice Ministry spokesman Ivo Hommes said Saturday. "Even if I knew where he is headed, I couldn't say," Hommes said. "It's a matter for the U.S. Justice Department now."
Note EU-Digest: The question that should be asked is why the Netherlands has to deliver Dutch nationals to the US judicial system when the US in principle refuses to turn over US nationals who have committed crimes in Europe to European courts, and does not accept the jurisdiction of the international court of justice in the Hague. These facts and the reputation of the US as to their handling of alleged terrorists who get arrested, one wonders what has happened to the sovereignty of the Netherlands government as to the protection of its citizens.
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