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Britain: Human rights of terrorist trump safety of nation

April 9th, 2008

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Terror suspect Abu Qatada cannot be deported to Jordan because he risks not getting a fair trial, judges ruled today.

They overturned a decision by a special panel last year that the extremist cleric, who is known as Osama bin Laden’s “right-hand man” in Europe, could be sent to his home country.

The Home Office may even have to free Qatada if the Law Lords and European judges uphold the decision of the Court of Appeal and he cannot be brought to trial.

The mind reels. How is it that we have gotten to a point where we are more concerned about this man than about the entire free West?

Qatada could be placed under a control order to monitor him but this system has proved ineffective in several cases where terror suspects have gone on the run.

The Court of Appeal also upheld the panel’s blocking of the deportations of two other suspected terrorists to Libya on the grounds that they may be tortured.

The case could end up in the European Court of Human Rights leaving the British taxpayer with a bill expected to hit £500,000.

Suddenly my in-laws don’t seem so bad…

July 10th, 2007

One of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden’s sons has married a middle aged parish councillor from Cheshire after a holiday romance, it has been reported.

The new “Mrs Bin Laden“, whose father-in-law is the most wanted man in the world, is Jane Felix-Browne, a 51-year-old grandmother.

She met 27-year-old Omar Ossama bin Laden on a sunshine break in Egypt in September, according to the Times.

Her new husband is currently working as a scrap metal dealer in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, while she applies for a visa so he can visit Britain, the paper said.

Mrs Felix-Browne told the Times she had “married the son, not the father” and hoped people would not judge her harshly.

Oh my. What does one send to that nuptial? C4? An infidel on a silver platter? Curtains for the cave?

Like Infidels through an hourglass…

June 26th, 2007

….these are the Sands of Passion.

See Part 1 here

This is part 2:

See part 3 here