Madrid bomb suspect loses UK extradition fight

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LONDON, Feb 28 (Reuters) A Syrian-born man accused of complicity in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 today lost his final appeal against being extradited from Britain.

Moutaz Almallah Dabas, who holds Spanish citizenship, is accused of providing support and accommodation to Islamist militants, including several alleged to have carried out the bombings that killed 191 people on March 11, 2004.

Five British Law Lords, the highest court of appeal, unanimously rejected Dabas' argument that the European arrest warrant under which he was detained in Britain in 2005 was invalid because its wording did not comply with British law.

Twenty-nine people are on trial in Madrid in connection with the bombs that ripped apart four commuter trains in Europe's deadliest al Qaeda-inspired attack.

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