Defense attorney Jeremy Schneider leaves the Manhattan Federal Courthouse following the verdict in the case of his client Abu Hamza al-Masri in New York May 19, 2014. London imam Abu Hamza was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on Monday following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher's controversial anti-Western statements. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS HEADSHOT)

U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara arrives at a news conference about the verdict in the Abu Hamza al-Masri case outside the Manhattan Federal Courthouse in New York May 19, 2014. London imam Abu Hamza was convicted of terrorism charges in New York on Monday following a four-week trial that shined a spotlight on the preacher's controversial anti-Western statements. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

- FILE PHOTO TAKEN 07FEB03 - A file photograph dated February 7, 2003 shows Muslim cleric Sheikh Abu Hamza (2L) outside the North London Mosque at Finsbury Park surrounded by supporters. British police arrested Hamza on an extradition warrant from the United States, a spokeswoman said on May 27, 2004.

Radical Muslim cleric Sheikh Abu Hamza al-Masri addresses the sixth
annual rally for Islam in Trafalgar Square, London, August 25, 2002.
Several hundred people turned up at the event, with two Islamic
speakers arrested for incitement for racial hatred. REUTERS/Ian Waldie

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Demonstrator Anjem Choudary, protests in support of Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, who is appealing against his extradition to the U.S., outside the High Court in London October 5, 2012. Washington accused the Egyptian-born 54-year-old of supporting al Qaeda, aiding a kidnapping in Yemen and plotting to open a U.S. training camp for militants. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

A demonstrator protests against the extradition of Babar Ahmad to the U.S. on terrorism charges, outside the High Court in London October 5, 2012. Britain said it would extradite five men, including Ahmad and Islamist cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, to the United States as soon as possible, after two judges at the High Court dismissed their appeal on Friday. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: CRIME LAW POLITICS)

Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, is seen leading prayers outside the North London Central Mosque, in Finsbury Park, north London in this January 24, 2003 file photograph. The European Court of Human Rights on September 24, 2012 gave final approval for the extradition of Abu Hamza, along with four other individuals, from the UK to the U.S., local media reported. REUTERS/Toby Melville/Files (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY RELIGION)

FILE PHOTO 20JAN99 - Fundamentalist Moslem activist Abu Hamza Al-Masri (pictured) was arrested under Britain's Prevention of Terrorism Act, a spokeman for Hamza's London-based Supporters of Sharia organisation said March 15. Egyptian-born Hamza, 41, who has a distinctive metal claw replacing one of his hands, has been vocal in encouraging Moslems world-wide to take up arms in the cause of implementing Islamic law.

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Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri's hook is seen as he leads prayers
outside the North London Central Mosque, in the Finsbury Park area of
London, January 24, 2003. Hamza wears the hook after his hand was
believed to have been blown off by a landmine. The gates of the mosque
remained closed on Friday, a day after police officers finished their
search of the premises. REUTERS/Toby Melville

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Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abu Hamza Al Mazri leaves a news conference in London, January 20. The Sheikh, whose stepson is one of the five Britons currently under arrest in Yemen on terrorist charges, heads a radical Islamic group called Supporters of Sharia and claims to have had contact with the Yemeni group responsible for the recent kidnap of several western tourists. ??»

Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abu Hamza (C) al-Masri, speaks to the media after
leading prayers outside the North London Central Mosque in the Finsbury
Park area of London, April 11, 2003. A bid to strip the radical Muslim
cleric of his British citizenship was thrown into doubt on Thursday
when an Islamic human rights group said he had only one passport and
therefore nowhere to go outside Britain. REUTERS/Matt Dunham

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A supporter protests against the sentencing of Muslim cleric Abu Hamza outside the Old Bailey in London, February 7, 2006. [The British Muslim cleric whose London mosque was at the centre of some of the most important terrorism cases of the last decade was sentenced to seven years jail on Tuesday for inciting murder of Jews and unbelievers.]

An undated handout photograph released by the Metropolitan police on February 7, 2005 shows blank firing weapons found by police officers during searches of Finsbury Park mosque in London between January 20-23, 2003. Police removed a number of items including blank firing weapons, CS spray, a stun gun, protective suits, a gas mask, false passports, laminating equipment, credit cards and more than three thousand pounds ($5200) in cash. British
Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, who preached at the north London mosque, was sentenced to seven years in jail on Tuesday for inciting murder in his sermons. REUTERS/Metropolitan Police/HO

An undated handout photograph released by the Metropolitan police on February 7, 2005 shows a gas mask and paramilitary equipment found by police officers during searches of Finsbury Park mosque in London between January 20-23, 2003. Police removed a number of items including blank firing weapons, CS spray, a stun gun, protective suits, a gas mask, false passports, laminating equipment, credit cards and more than three thousand pounds ($5200) in cash. British Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, who preached at the north London mosque, was sentenced to seven years in jail on Tuesday for inciting murder in his sermons. REUTERS/Metropolitan Police/HO