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Radical cleric deported to Jordan to face terrorism charges

Arab World Materials 7 July 2013 14:25 (UTC +04:00)
Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was being deported to Jordan from Britain Sunday to face terrorism charges after a decade-long legal battle, dpa reported.
Radical cleric deported to Jordan to face terrorism charges

Radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada was being deported to Jordan from Britain Sunday to face terrorism charges after a decade-long legal battle, dpa reported.

A plane left from the Royal Air Force base in Northolt en route to Abu Qatada's home country, where he has not been for 20 years.

A Jordanian military tribunal sentenced him in absentia for alleged involvement with terrorist groups in 1998.

The deportation was finally able to proceed after the two nations signed a treaty agreeing that evidence obtained through torture would not be used against him.

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