Scotland Yard team collects information on Egyptian extremists [Archives:2002/28/Local News]

MOHAMMED AL-QADHI
YEMEN TIMES STAFF
A security team from the Scotland Yard Britain arrived in Sanaa last week to gather information on Egyptian extremists who live in London and suspected to have links with al-Qaeda network.
A European diplomatic source told the Times that the team which includes high ranking officials asked the Yemeni authorities information on Abu al-Hamza al-Masri, leader of the London-based supporters of al-Shariaa Group, and Yassir al-Seri who also lives in London. The team also asked for formation on Ayman al-Dhawahiri and other Islamic extremists who lived in Yemen for sometime before moving to other countries like Britain, Canada, Afghanistan, etc.
The team met several important officials and visited some institutions whose telephone numbers were found at the house of al-Seri which was searched by police nine moths ago.
Washington wants London to extradite al-Seri, suspected to have links to al-Qaeda network. Some Islamic extremists lived in Yemen for sometime and were protected by Yemenis who fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
The teams visit is the first step in the Yemeni-British cooperation to crackdown on terrorism.

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