Britain is doing the right thing to deport these radical Islamist terrorists/sympathizers. Now let's see if the receiving countries will lock them away for a long time to prevent them from damaging civilized society.
"``The circumstances of our national security have changed, it is vital that we act against those who threaten it,'' Home Secretary Charles Clarke said.
A government official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, confirmed that Omar Mahmoud Othman Abu Omar, also known as Abu Qatada, was among the 10 foreigners in custody. The government declined to name them.
The 44-year-old Palestinian cleric, who carries a Jordanian passport, was granted political asylum in Britain in 1993. He has been in jail or under close supervision here since 2002. He faces deportation to Jordan, where authorities convicted him in absentia in 1998 and again in 2000 for involvement in a series of explosions and terror plots.
British authorities believe Abu Qatada inspired the lead Sept. 11 hijacker, Mohamed Atta, and he is suspected of having links with radical groups across Europe. He has been named in a Spanish indictment as ``supreme leader at the European level of the mujahedeen,'' or Islamic fighters.
Eighteen videotapes of Abu Qatada's sermons were found in a Hamburg, Germany apartment used by three of the Sept. 11 hijackers, according to the British government."
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