■ Italy
July 21 suspect extradited
The suspect in the failed July 21 London bombings who was arrested in Rome left Italy yesterday to be extradited to Britain, Italian. Hamdi Issac, a British citizen also known as Osman Hussain, boarded a plane at Rome's Ciampino airport that took off at around 12:15pm. He was arrested in Rome on July 29. British authorities want to prosecute him for his alleged role in the attempted bombing at the Shepherd's Bush subway station. Issac fought extradition, but Italy's highest court on Sept. 13 upheld a lower court's decision to extradite him. After Issac arrives in London he will be charged with conspiracy to commit murder and other offenses.
■ United Kingdom
Attacks may change rights
Britain could consider pulling out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) if its terms hindered anti-terrorism efforts, interior minister Charles Clarke said. Feeling unable to properly defend Britain against a potential terrorist threat due to the terms of the convention, which is incorporated into British law, would put "almost unstoppable pressure" on politicians, he said. "People would ask whether we were really saying that adherence to the European Convention was more important than Joe Bloggs blowing up a Tube [subway] train," he said. "In those circumstances there would be immense pressure to change our relationship with the European Convention on Human Rights."
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