Wednesday - June 03, 2009

Murdered Briton: why is Abu Qatada still in the UK?

This is an editorial comment on the news of the murder of a Brit by al-Qaeda terrorists.

It is well worth reading.

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By: Philip Johnston
Jun 3, 2009

A British man, Edwin Dyer, being held hostage by al-Qaeda terrorists in Mali, has been murdered, Gordon Brown has announced.

The group that killed him said it did so because the UK refused to release Abu Qatada, an extremist cleric being held in prison in this country. It is right that the British government did not bow the knee to terrorist demands, however hard that may be for those captured and their families.

But there is another issue here. What was Abu Qatada still doing in this country in the first place? He is a Palestinian who is wanted for crimes allegedly committed in Jordan. His deportation has been ordered but he has waged a lengthy legal battle against removal on human rights grounds. His lawyers say he will be ill-treated if returned to Jordan; therefore the UK would fall foul of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Yet in 2007, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) ruled that Qatada could be deported. It said assurances received from Jordan about his treatment were enough to override human rights obstacles.

Mr Justice Ouseley, the chairman of Siac, said there was “no real risk of persecution” of Qatada on his return. A trial in Jordan would “not involve a complete denial of the right to a fair trial before an independent and impartial body”, the court said.

Siac said Qatada’s presence in the UK was “not conducive to the public good”. His deportation would make “the lives and well-being of those resident here safer”.

So why is he still here?

In January this year, the House of Lords, the highest court in the land, again ruled that it would be legal to return Qatada to Jordan.

So why is he still here?

If he had been deported, as the Government said he would be, then the British hostage might not have been kidnapped and murdered. It is, of course, possible, that the terrorists would have used some other excuse; and there was a ransom demanded as well. But it is clear, as the courts have repeatedly conceded, that Abu Qatada’s continued presence in this country is placing the lives of British citizens in jeopardy.

Bizarrely, Qatada was even re-arrested and sent back to prison last December after being released on bail because he apparently tried to leave the country. The Government feared he might try to join Islamist fighters abroad and wanted to ensure his proper extradition to penal authorities in Jordan.

So why is he still here?

Gordon Brown has denounced the killers of Mr Dyer and said they would be brought to justice. That is unlikely. But one thing his government could have done was to fulfil its duty to protect British citizens from those who would do them harm. Ministers say they want to deport foreign terrorists and usually maintain that legal obstacles make deportations impossible; yet these have been removed where Abu Qatada is concerned.

If he is not on next plane to Jordan, will Mr Brown explain why not?

The Prime Minister said: “This tragedy reinforces our commitment to confront terrorism.”

He could demonstrate that by getting rid of Qatada from these shores. Today.

SOURCE

Those disgusting lawyers who made sure the filthy, lice infested, dirty unwashed looking bastard stayed here deserve the worst that could happen to them.
They knew damn well what and who this scum is. They damn well knew his ties to the terror network.  But oh boo-hoo. They play the human rights game and afford him all the benefits of a society he wants to destroy.  And just so ya know in case you don’t. This puke is wanted in more places then just Jordan.

It all happens from within. Doesn’t it?  And that will be our undoing eventually.

Posted by peiper     on 06/03/2009 at 10:51 AM   
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