Alleged al-Qaeda operative extradited to US US authorities believe he stockpiled bomb-making materials like those used in the July 7 attacks for the Manchester plot, which was likely to have targeted St Ann's Square or the Arndale shopping centre. This type of material was also to be used in the thwarted bomb attacks on the New York subway. Naseer is believed to have been in touch with the same senior al-Qaeda commanders. Evidence suggested that attacks in the US, England and Norway were being planned while communications about weddings, marriage, girlfriends, computers and weather were codes that referred to attacks and bomb ingredients. Naseer, who originally came to the UK on a student visa, took his fight to remain in the country to the European Court of Human Rights after exhausting his appeal options. But the Strasbourg court threw out his case in December, paving the way for his extradition. A Home Office spokesman confirmed the extradition, adding: "His case is now a matter for the US authorities."