Terror suspect's extradition hearing moved to May
The extradition hearing for an Edmonton man accused of conspiring to kill American soldiers has been moved to May.
Sayfildin Tahir Sharif, a Canadian citizen, faces charges of aiding in the murder of five soldiers who were slain on April 10, 2009, when a truck filled with explosives blew up near the gate of Forward Operating Base Marez in Mosul, Iraq.
Sharif is also charged with conspiring to kill Americans abroad and providing material support to a terrorist conspiracy.
The extradition hearing was supposed to start in Edmonton on Monday but federal Crown prosecutors said American officials needed more time to analyze electronic communications from a computer that was seized from Sharif's apartment when he was arrested in January 2011.
The hearing will now start on May 14th.
Killed in the blast were: Staff Sgt. Gary L. Woods, 24, of Lebanon Junction, Ky., Sgt. First Class Bryan E. Hall, 32, of Elk Grove, Calif., Sgt. Edward W. Forrest Jr., 25, of St. Louis, Mo., Cpl. Jason G. Pautsch, 20, of Davenport, Iowa, and Army Pte. First Class, Bryce E. Gaultier, 22, from Cyprus, Calif.
Sharif is also known as Faruq Khalil Muhammad 'Isa or Tahir Sharif Sayfildin, according to U.S. authorities.
Sharif is an ethnic Kurd who was born in Iraq. He came to Canada in 1993, living in Toronto briefly before moving to Edmonton.