Radical cleric Abu Hamza due in New York court

At least two of the five terror suspects extradited from Britain have landed in the US and are scheduled to be in a Connecticut court to face charges, officials have said.

It has been confirmed Babar Ahmad and Tahla Ahsan have landed in the US. They will appear before a federal judge in Connecticut in connection with the alleged running of a pro-jihad website.

The US Attorney’s office in Connecticut said two of the suspects – Ahmad and Ahsan – were scheduled to be in US District Court in New Haven early on Saturday, just hours after arriving in the country at about 2am.

The two are expected to face hearings in Connecticut where the courts have jurisdiction over their case.

Officials with the US Attorney’s office in New York would not yet confirm the arrival of al-Masri and the other two men.

The two jets provided by the US authorities took off shortly before midnight (23:00GMT), Scotland Yard police headquarters said.

The planes departed a Royal Air Force base immediately after the British High Court rejected last-minute appeals by Hamza and the others. The five had raised legal questions about human rights and prison conditions they expected to face in the United States. In rejecting the appeals, the British court cited an