06-19-2008, 11:24 PM
Jesus Christ, what is wrong with these people?
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0618/qatada.html?rss
Britain releases 'significant terrorist'
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 20:32
A man described by the British government as a 'significant international terrorist' has been freed from prison on bail but confined to his home for 22 hours a day.
Abu Qatada, also know as Omar Othman, was among the most high profile terrorism suspects in British custody.
The 47-year-old was freed from Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire yesterday after winning his fight against deportation to Jordan.
A special tribunal dealing with foreign terrorism suspects published a seven-page document setting stringent conditions for his release.
He is forbidden from using any mobile telephone or computer, or connecting in any way to the Internet, and may leave home only between 10-11am and 2-3pm.
The document sets out a list of individuals that he may not contact or receive visits from, headed by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his number two, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Abu Qatadawon a legal battle against being deported to Jordan when the British Court of Appeal ruled in April he would not face a fair trial there.
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was disappointed that he had been given bail and planned to appeal to reverse the decision to bar his deportation.
The ruling was a setback to Britain's efforts to expel suspected militants it sees as a threat to national security, but against whom it lacks sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution.
Civil rights groups have condemned the government's treatment of the men and its attempts to remove them to countries with poor human rights records.
Abu Qatada'slawyer declined to comment on the bail conditions, which also prevent him from attending a mosque and strictly limit visits to his home and meetings outside it.
He has denied belonging to al-Qaeda, although Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon once described him as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe'.
The British government case against Abu Qatada described his presence as posing 'a continuing threat to national security and a significant terrorism-related risk to the public'.
Twice convicted in absentia in Jordan of involvement in terrorist plots, he was jailed in Britain pending deportation since August 2005.
He was previously held without charge under powers that were declared unlawful.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0618/qatada.html?rss
Britain releases 'significant terrorist'
Wednesday, 18 June 2008 20:32
A man described by the British government as a 'significant international terrorist' has been freed from prison on bail but confined to his home for 22 hours a day.
Abu Qatada, also know as Omar Othman, was among the most high profile terrorism suspects in British custody.
The 47-year-old was freed from Long Lartin Prison in Worcestershire yesterday after winning his fight against deportation to Jordan.
A special tribunal dealing with foreign terrorism suspects published a seven-page document setting stringent conditions for his release.
He is forbidden from using any mobile telephone or computer, or connecting in any way to the Internet, and may leave home only between 10-11am and 2-3pm.
The document sets out a list of individuals that he may not contact or receive visits from, headed by al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his number two, Ayman al-Zawahri.
Abu Qatadawon a legal battle against being deported to Jordan when the British Court of Appeal ruled in April he would not face a fair trial there.
British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was disappointed that he had been given bail and planned to appeal to reverse the decision to bar his deportation.
The ruling was a setback to Britain's efforts to expel suspected militants it sees as a threat to national security, but against whom it lacks sufficient evidence to mount a prosecution.
Civil rights groups have condemned the government's treatment of the men and its attempts to remove them to countries with poor human rights records.
Abu Qatada'slawyer declined to comment on the bail conditions, which also prevent him from attending a mosque and strictly limit visits to his home and meetings outside it.
He has denied belonging to al-Qaeda, although Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon once described him as 'Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe'.
The British government case against Abu Qatada described his presence as posing 'a continuing threat to national security and a significant terrorism-related risk to the public'.
Twice convicted in absentia in Jordan of involvement in terrorist plots, he was jailed in Britain pending deportation since August 2005.
He was previously held without charge under powers that were declared unlawful.
