By Mohammad Tayseer and Andrea Gerlin
Abu Qatada, (click here) the Islamic cleric deported from Britain last year, was released from prison today after he was cleared of a second set of terrorism charges by a Jordanian court.
Qatada, whose real name is Mohammed Othman, was aquitted of charges linked to foiled plots to bomb Western embassies more than a decade ago, his lawyer, Mousa Abdullat, said by phone. The findings of the Jordanian court won’t allow him to return to Britain, U.K. officials said.
Qatada arrived in Britain in 1993 on a forged passport and had been in and out of U.K. jails for more than a decade before being sent back to Jordan in July 2013 to face trial. He was once described by a judge in Spain as former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe, an accusation he denies.
“Abu Qatada remains subject to a deportation order and a United Nations travel ban,” U.K. Immigration and Security Minister James Brokenshire said in a statement today. “He is not coming back.”...
There is a movement to improve the quality of life of Palestinians. The activists that carry that banner frequently carry the accusation of being a prodigy of bin Laden. Even being found innocent of charges, Abu Qatada received headlines stating "Bin Laden's radical cleric freed."
Just food for thought. Are we making our own enemies and possibly fueling radicalism?
There is a movement to improve the quality of life of Palestinians. The activists that carry that banner frequently carry the accusation of being a prodigy of bin Laden. Even being found innocent of charges, Abu Qatada received headlines stating "Bin Laden's radical cleric freed."
Just food for thought. Are we making our own enemies and possibly fueling radicalism?
