Breaking News: Abu Qatada Arrested For Breaching Bail Conditions

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21723726

Don't worry Abu, we've got a judge who can fix that problem for you, post haste!

[Orderlimit]

Good stuff, keep the pressure on.

[Answerprancer]

...have a banana!

[ChillDoubt]

He won't be going anywhere anytime soon, his legal team and a more than sympathetic judge completely detached from reality and the mood of the general public will ensure that.

[Answerprancer]

...dah, another pathetic attempt by the U of K to scapegoat some random muslim nutter for 911.

[Answerprancer]

...and to maintain the pitiful pretense that we're still under threat from terrororitsts!

[ChillDoubt]

...dah, another pathetic attempt by the U of K to scapegoat some random muslim nutter for 911.
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You really, REALLY need to wake up and smell what you're shovelling!

Hint: It ain't Nescafe's finest!

[lady-janine]

what a shame he can't slip on a bar of soap and fall from the 13th floor.

[TTG]

Great news, hope he is still not given "free everything" whilst in custody! Answerprancer, yes we are still under threat whilst the UK continues meddling in Middle Eastern affairs. We all need to be thankful for the excellent work by our home security forces.

[emmie]

if UK is not under threat from terrorists, how come the security services monitored then caught men recently who had been plotting to set off bombs here, why is anyone defending these people. They are not nutters, but dangerous criminals.

[DTCwordfan]

No, dress him up as a Cardinal and send him to the Sistine Chapel to join the Paedophilia Church's Conclave.

[Gromit]

And you think this is a coincidence, that he is-arrested days before his hearing?

You probably believe it confirms he is a bad and dangerous man.

The reality is that it is no coincidence. The terms of his bail were so draconian that if he said anything longer than "Hello" to anyone he knew, then he could be arrested.

// Under the bail conditions, if he meets an acquaintance in a chance encounter, he “must, after any initial greeting, disengage himself from the situation”. Another condition stops him from leading prayers, giving lectures or preaching, other than to offer advice to his wife and children at his home. //

The Terrorism raids were nothing of the sort. All this was pre-arranged.

He will not be charged. He has never been charged with anything or convicted. Yet he has spent considerable time in prison.

You really must stop believing in the bogeyman. You really must start joining the dots and seeing the bigger pucture.

[bazwillrun]

"You really must start joining the dots and seeing the bigger pucture. "

I aways enjoy a good laugh first thing on a Saturday morning

A phrase with words including medicine and own springs to mind.

i'm sure your GP can give you something for your delusions.

[Gromit]

If they are going to deport him on Monday what is the point of arresting him today?

Hold on, you don't suppose they already know he isn't going anywhere on Monday and that Qatada has won his appeal against being depirted to Jordan.
Why else detain him?

I do hope not, there will be a lot of ABers/DMers very disappointed and have to resort to fantasies about him falling from the 13th floor.

[ludwig]

// The terms of his bail were so draconian that if he said anything longer than "Hello" to anyone he knew, then he could be arrested. //

Good. I love it when a plan comes together.

[Gromit]

Let's see if you are saying that Monday Ludwig.

[anotheoldgit]

Still see that our anti British, anti Armed Forces, anti Police, anti-Tory, ant-Daily Mail spokesman has worked it all out, he can even see into our anti-Terrorism plans.

We all know that Abu Qatada is a very nice chap, and he should be free to get on with his little ways, he isn't any threat to anyone it seems.

So remember we must stop believing in the bogeyman, whoever he is, and spend our time joining the dots and seeing the bigger picture, through our 'Rose Tinted spectacles'.

You couldn't make it up.

[Khandro]

He is a Manchester United supporter, that alone is enough to indict him!

[pdq1]

I see his appeal is conducted by the hanging judge Lord Donaldson who believed strongly in the death penalty.

///As a High Court judge Denning sentenced people to death, which he said at the time "didn't worry [him] in the least". Denning maintained that for murder, death was the most appropriate penalty, and that in cases where mistakes had been made there was always an appeal///

Lets hope he despatches Qatada very quickly.

[emmie]

we don't have the death penalty, nor should we, however he should have been deported years ago.