Thursday - July 10, 2008

Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man, shopping in London.

Brits must be hard pressed keeping civil about this pond scum. 

Abu Qatada, Osama Bin Laden’s right-hand man, shopping in London
By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:32PM BST 10/07/2008

Abu Qatada, the man once described as Osama bin Laden’s right hand man in Europe, was pictured out walking the streets on the third anniversary of the 7/7 terror bombings.

This photograph shows Qatada doing the family shopping in London.

It was taken on Monday, the anniversary of the July 7 attacks, and can now be published after a court order banning recent pictures of the preacher was lifted.

Qatada managed to carry a pack of heavy bottles of Diet Coke, even though he has in the past claimed incapacity benefits for a bad back.

Under his other arm was a family pack of toilet rolls and on his back was a green rucksack for other items.

Earlier he smiled in the summer sunshine as he exchanged a joke about his prayer beads with a woman in the street.

His thinning hair, after nearly six years in jail, was covered by a white Islamic prayer cap, but round his right ankle, covered by a white sock, was the electronic tag which ensures he returns home.

Qatada, 47, is allowed out of his house for two hours a day – one in the morning and one in the afternoon- under the strict terms of his bail.

He was released from Long Lartin high security jail in Worcestershire jail last month after the Government failed to have him deported to Jordan where he is wanted for terrorism offences.

The Appeal Court ruled that Qatada would not get a fair trial in Jordan because statements against him may have been extracted by torture.

The case is being taken to the House of Lords but in the mean time Qatada’s family is understood to be claiming around £47,000 a year in benefits - £500 a week in child benefits for the four of his five children under 18, £210 for income support, £150 for incapacity benefit, £45 in council tax benefit – along with a council home worth around £800,000.

(DOUBLE ALL THE MONEY FIGURES AND YOU’LL GET USA DOLLARS.  isn’t there anyone who can rid the world of his shadow? apologies to Sir Winston)

Qatada has been described by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, as a “truly dangerous individual” who was “heavily involved, indeed at the centre of terrorist activities associated with al-Qa’eda.”

They took the view that he had given religious authority to numerous high profile terrorists across the world, including the leaders of the September 11 attacks.

His bail conditions say he is specifically banned from receiving visits or communicating with a long list of individuals including Osama bin laden, his deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, and the preacher Abu Hamza.

He is also banned from attending a mosque or providing religious instruction to anyone other than his wife and children, and may not publish any statement without prior approval.

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Posted by Drew458     on 07/10/2008 at 12:51 PM   
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