Germany has extradited two Yemenis to the United States on charges that they supported the al-Qaida terrorist network, prosecutors in Frankfurt said.

Germany’s supreme court today approved the extradition of two Yemenis to the United States, where they are wanted on charges of supporting al-Qaida.

A German court has approved the extradition of a Yemeni cleric and his assistant wanted by the US on charges of supporting al-Qaida.

US ATTORNEY GENERAL John Ashcroft told Congress yesterdaty that a major arrest over the weekend “is a severe blow to al-Qaida that could destabilise their terrorist network worldwide.”