Italy OKs London Bomb Suspect Move

An Italian court on Wednesday approved the extradition to Britain of a London bombing suspect but said he must remain in Italy for another 35 days so Italian authorities can finish their investigations.

The three-judge panel granted a request by Italian prosecutors to delay the transfer of Hamdi Issac, who is suspected in the July 21 failed bombings on London's transit system.

Issac's lawyer, Antonnietta Sonnessa, said she would appeal the ruling. She has said Issac wants to remain in Italy.

Sonnessa has 10 days to present the appeal to the Court of Cassation, Italy's highest court. That court then has to make its ruling within 15 days.

Issac, a British citizen also known as Osman Hussain, has told investigators that the explosives in his bag were made of flour and a liquid hair product and were not meant to kill, according to his lawyer.

Issac is being held in Rome on international terrorism charges following his arrest in the Italian capital on July 29.

The July 21 attacks came two weeks after four suicide bombers killed 52 people on the subway and a double-decker bus.

"We evaluated in a positive light the documentation that arrived from the British authorities," said Judge Domenicomassimo Miceli, one of three judges who issued the ruling.

Issac fled to Italy a few days after the failed attempts and was arrested at his brother's apartment in Rome. He was born in Ethiopia and had been living in Britain since 1996. Before that, he had lived for five years in Italy, where he attended Italian schools.

Last week Friday, Jordan said it would ask Britain next week to extradite one of those detained, cleric Omar Mahmoud Othman Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada. Spanish officials have described him as Osama bin Laden's "spiritual ambassador in Europe."

Bakri, 45, left Britain on Saturday, one day after Prime Minister Tony Blair proposed tough new anti-terrorism measures including the deportation of extremist Islamic clerics who preach hate. Bakri was arrested in Lebanon on Thursday, but released Friday.

Judge Said Mirza told The Associated Press that he ordered Bakri's release after it appeared "that he has not committed any crime and there are no criminal records against him." Mirza added Bakri was a free man, but it is not known where he will go now.

He has called the Sept. 11 hijackers "the Magnificent 19," reports CBS News Correspondent Richard Roth, and has visions of an Islamic state.

"Indeed, they know I would like to see the Islamic flag over the White House," Bakri has said.