Cleric Hamza 'involved in global conspiracy'

Islamic cleric Abu Hamza was involved in a global conspiracy to wage Jihad against the US and other Western countries, an extradition hearing in Britain was told today.

The American government has accused Hamza, 48 - jailed for seven years for soliciting murder and inciting racial hatred - of involvement in the kidnapping of Western tourists in the Yemen and helping to set up a terrorist training camp in the US.