Britain shows us the way….OBL’s “right-hand man in Europe” released from jail
It’s an eerie feeling reading this… the pit of the belly says this just may be a reverse de ja vu. Here’s the story in a nutshell, as told by Duncan Gardham and Gordon Rayner from London’s The Telegraph:
Justice Mitting signs a bail release for Abu Qatada because he had no prior criminal record in the British courts, and could not be deported for his Jordan retrial for possible breach of law under the European Convention on Human Rights.
While he’s sitting at home, wearing his fashionable electronic tag, he’ll be collecting 12,000 per year in benefits for he and his family, plus cost the state annually tens of thousands of pounds for protection.
Oh yes, among the visitors he is NOT allowed to entertain personally, or via phone contact, are Osama bin Laden, his Deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Hamza. [CORRECTION: Article doesn’t mention phone or email correspondence] RTFA to see the rest of the “strict” house rules…. plus more on their due process getting in the way of old fashioned common sense.