Britain Deports Radical Cleric To Jordan

7/7/13
 
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from NPR,
7/7/13:

Britain has deported a radical Muslim cleric top his homeland, Jordan, where he appeared in court Sunday and was formally charged with terrorism-related offenses.

Abu Qatada was first arrested in Britain in 2001 over alleged terrorist links. He was rearrested in 2005.

The 53-year-old cleric was held at a prison in southeast London, and was taken from there to the airport at midnight Sunday. The BBC reports that he was accompanied on the flight by “six people from Jordan, comprising three security officials, a psychologist, a medical examiner and his Jordanian lawyer.”

British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was “delighted” at the cleric’s removal.

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