Algerian-born Irish citizen fights extradition request

An application brought by an Algerian-born Irish citizen for leave to seek judicial review of an attempt to extradite him to the United States, where he is wanted on international terrorism charges, has been adjourned until October.

Ali Charaf Damache, aged 48, who has been living in Ireland for a decade, is wanted in the United States to face charges relating to the conspiracy to provide material support for terrorists and attempted identity theft to facilitate an act of international terrorism.

The High Court heard the US alleges it has evidence that Mr Damache conspired with American woman Colleen LaRose — who used the online name “Jihad Jane” — and others to create a terror cell in Europe capable of targeting both US and western European citizens. It is alleged Mr Damache, who went by the username “the black flag”, also participated in a conspiracy to transfer a passport stolen from a US citizen to an individual in Pakistan whom the conspirators believed to be a member of al Qaeda.