Cleric Abu Qatada can be deported, says Theresa May

[lfc4life]

Radical cleric Abu Qatada can be deported to Jordan after fresh assurances that he will get a fair trial, the home secretary has told MPs.

In a statement to the Commons, Theresa May said he could now be removed from the UK "in full compliance of law".

But she admitted it may take "many months" as his lawyers could appeal up to the European Court of Human Rights.

Abu Qatada, 51, who faces charges in Jordan of plotting bomb attacks, was arrested earlier and denied bail.

A judge at a Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) hearing ordered him to be detained in custody following his arrest by UK Border Agency officials.

Mrs May said he "deserves to face justice" in Jordan but warned that successive governments had been trying to deport him for a decade.

Has this piece crap not had enough chances ?? The world is a joke! Only britain should govern britain not the F@@king EU!
read more here - BBC News - Cleric Abu Qatada can be deported, says Theresa May

[lagerland]

Good job i say fill the plane up with the rest of them you cant have a half empty plane now can you that will never do now will it.................

[super jumbe]

Abu Qatada arrives in Britain on a forged passport September 16 1993.

Abu Qatada's was convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement with terror attacks in 1998 but has been living in London.

(1) It just does not add up, how our border control did not find out he was carring forged passport?

(2) How can this man got convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement with terror attacks in 1998 when he was living in UK since 1993?

September 16 1993 - The Jordanian father of five claims asylum when he arrives in Britain on a forged passport.

June 1994 - He is allowed to stay in Britain.

March 1995 - Qatada issues a 'fatwa' justifying the killing of converts from Islam, their wives and children in Algeria.

May 1998 - He applies for indefinite leave to remain in Britain.

April 1999 - He is convicted in his absence on terror charges in Jordan and sentenced to life imprisonment.
October 1999 - The radical cleric speaks in London advocating the killing of Jews and praising attacks on Americans.

February 2001 - He is arrested by anti-terror police over involvement in a plot to bomb Strasbourg Christmas market. Officers find him in possession of ?170,000 in cash, including ?805 in an envelope marked 'For the mujahedin in Chechnya'.

December 2001 - Qatada becomes one of Britain's most wanted men after going on the run from his home in Acton, West London.

October 2002 - He is arrested by police in a council house in south London and detained in Belmarsh high-security jail.

March 2005 - He is freed on conditional bail and placed on a control order.
August 2005 - The preacher is arrested under immigration rules as the Government seeks to deport him to Jordan.

April 2008 - The Court of Appeal rules that deporting him would breach his human rights because evidence used against him in Jordan may have been obtained through torture.

May 2008 - Qatada is granted bail by the immigration tribunal but told he must stay inside for 22 hours a day.

June 2008 - He is released from Long Lartin jail in Worcestershire and moves in to a four bedroomed ?800,000 home in West London.

November 2008 - He is rearrested after the Home Office tells an immigration hearing of fears he plans to abscond.

December 2008 - Qatada's bail is revoked by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) after hearing secret evidence that the risk of him absconding has increased.

February 18 2009 - In a landmark judgment, five Law Lords unanimously back the Government's policy of removing terror suspects from Britain on the basis of assurances from foreign governments. It is ruled he can be deported to Jordan to face terror charges.

February 19 2009 - Qatada is awarded ?2,500 compensation by the European Court of Human Rights after the judges rule that his detention without trial in the UK under anti-terrorism powers breached his human rights.

January 2012 - European judges rule the firebrand cleric can be sent back to Jordan with diplomatic assurances but he cannot be deported while 'there remains a real risk that evidence obtained by torture will be used against him'.

February 6 2012 - SIAC rules he can be released on bail, despite posing a risk to national security.

February 9 2012 - David Cameron and King Abdullah of Jordan agree on the 'importance of finding an effective resolution' to his case, Downing Street says.

February 13 2012 - It emerges Qatada has been released on bail from Long Lartin prison.

April 17 2012 - The cleric is arrested as the Government prepares to deport him to Jordan.

April 18 2012 - Abu Qatada lodges an appeal - potentially delaying his deportation by months

[GastonJ]

"December 2008 - Qatada's bail is revoked by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) after hearing secret evidence that the risk of him absconding has increased."

Should have let him abscond and flee the country, would have saved so much money and hassle

[Meat-Head]

*CONFUSED*

Sorry SJ that you took all that time and trouble to write that, but GastonJ his post is much much better, should have let him, do run run, you do run run

[lfc4life]

BBC News - Abu Qatada appeal &, UK government insists its too late <<< The latest on the farce !!!