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June 19, 2008
Terrorise the non-believers, orders 'Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe' after he is freed on bail
By Stephen Wright
Last updated at 8:22 AM on 19th June 2008
The Daily Mail (UK)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1027208/Terrorise-non-believers-Bin-Ladens-right-hand-Europe-tells-Muslims-returns-home-24-hour-guard.html
Abu Qatada will be required to wear an electronic tag
Suspected Al Qaeda leader Abu Qatada is celebrating his release from prison with the release of a book in which he urges Muslims to commit terrorist attacks in the West.
In the 71-page tract, published in English translation on the internet, he repeatedly claims that fighting jihad, holy war, is obligatory for all Muslims and urges them to 'terrorise' non-believers.
Security sources say his clear incitement to violence makes a mockery of the decision to set him free.
The preacher of hate, who has been described as Osama Bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, was released on bail from Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire on Tuesday after the blocking of his deportation to Jordan, where he is wanted on terror charges.
A judge ruled there were no grounds to keep him in jail, but the Special Immigration Appeals Commission imposed unprecedented conditions on his release, including a stipulation that he observe a 22-hour curfew and wear an electronic tag.
He will be under round-the-clock surveillance in a MI5 safehouse and is specifically banned from contacting Bin Laden.
Counter-terrorism officials believe that Qatada, 47, remains a grave threat to national security and will be furious to learn he has yet again flouted the law by publishing his sickening views as he is set free.
Abu Qatada, crouching in the back seat, being driven out of Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire
The revelations are likely to prompt demands for a new investigation into whether Qatada should be charged with inciting murder and racial hatred.
A senior security source said: 'The contents of the book are an affront to all decent people. By publishing it now, Qatada and his supporters are giving the two-fingered salute to the criminal justice system.'
Referring to supporters of democracy, Qatada proclaims in his book that 'rising up against them with weapons and with force is an individual obligation upon every Muslim'.
He says Muslims should ' prepare to terrorise the enemies of Allah and incite believers to fight'.
Twenty-stone Qatada arrived in Britain 14 years ago on a forged passport, and was granted asylum the following year.
Conditions for Qatada
He was convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement with terror attacks in 1998, and of plotting to plant bombs during the Millennium celebrations.
The book has been issued by Qatada's British followers, who operate under the name At-Tibyan Publications. It is being promoted on Al Qaeda-linked websites worldwide, with a message saying that the release is 'in celebration of our beloved sheik's upcoming reunion with his family'.
The release of the book, believed to have been written before Qatada was jailed, comes at a time when there is a high level of chatter among Al Qaeda supporters hinting at new 9/11-style atrocities.
Messages on websites run by suspected Al Qaeda operatives claim that spectacular attacks are imminent.
The Home Office has not yet abandoned hope of throwing Qatada out of the country and is appealing to the House of Lords. Once that process is exhausted his bail will lapse, and ministers will have to apply for a Control Order to limit his movements.
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Abu Qatada launches legal bid to ban pictures of him enjoying his freedom - because it 'violates his privacy'
By Daily Mail Reporter (UK)
Last updated at 11:28 AM on 19th June 2008
PHOTO: Court bid: Abu Qatada claims pictures of him violate his 'right to privacy'
Abu Qatada is to launch a legal-aid funded court bid to prevent the public seeing pictures of him enjoying his freedom.
The man known as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe has instructed lawyers to seek a court order keeping new pictures of him secret.
The move came within hours of him being freed from prison after he won his fight against deportation from Britain.
His release follows a court ruling in April banning ministers from extraditing him to Jordan.
Qatada, of Acton, will claim that any picture of him violates his 'right to privacy' under the Human Rights Act - the same act he used to gain his freedom.
The 47-year-old can only leave his house for two hours each day while wearing an electronic tag.
The curfew also bans him from having contact with bin Laden but allows him to live with his family in his Edwardian semidetached home and claim benefits of £1,000 a month.
The eight-page bail order bars Qatada from associating with hook-handed hate preacher Abu Hamza.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has pledged to appeal against the court ruling preventing his deportation, which was on the grounds that he could face torture in Jordan.
Qatada has been convicted in his absence in the Middle East of involvement with terror attacks.
Ms Smith said: 'The Government's priority is to protect public safety and national security and we will take all steps necessary.'
Qatada's legal move - which would establish an unprecedented right of 'privacy' if successful - came as it emerged that two other men with alleged terror links - named U and Y in court papers - are also set to be bailed.
Both arrived in Britain to claim asylum and cannot be deported to their native Algeria.
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