An Islamic "preacher once described as “Osama bin Laden’s right-hand man in Europe” is due to be freed within days after being granted bail by an immigration tribunal.

Abu Qatada, who last month defeated the Government’s efforts to deport him to Jordan on terror charges, will be subject to a 22-hour curfew when he is released from Long Lartin high-security prison.

Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said she was “extremely disappointed” at the decision and promised “all steps necessary to protect the public”.

The bail decision by the Special Immigration Advisory Tribunal is a fresh blow to the Government’s anti-terror policies.

Last month, the Home Office was forced to abandon plans to deport 12 Libyan fanatics, leaving a memorandum of understanding with Libya, signed in October 2005, effectively in tatters.

The rulings mean that not a single international terrorist has been forcibly removed from this country. Nearly three years after the 7/7 attacks, the only Islamic extremists to depart are eight Algerians who left voluntarily.

Qatada 45, has been convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement with terror attacks in 1998 and of plotting to plant bombs at the Millennium.

The radical cleric once called on British Muslims to martyr themselves, and tapes of his sermons were found in a flat in Germany used by some of the September 11 hijackers.

Qatada could be freed within days and it is thought he will return to his family, who are understood to be living in Acton, West London.

Once he has been released, the Jordanian father-of-five, can expect to receive £1,000 a month in benefit payments. The taxpayer will also face a bill of tens of thousands of pounds to keep the cleric under 24-hour watch.

David Davis, the Shadow Home Secretary, said: “This whole situation totally undermines the Government’s assurances that memoranda of understanding are the solution to deporting terror suspects.

“The Government should at last answer our calls to focus on prevention and prosecution rather than just trying to deport these individuals once they are here.”

Anejem Choudary, a former senior member of extreme Muslim group Al-Muhajiroun and the lieutenant to self-styled radical cleric Omar Bakri, said the freeing of Qatada was “excellent news”.

He said:“I think the decision is absolutely correct. He was a victim of total oppression and what happened to him was wrong. There’s no reason at all why he should have been held in custody in the first place.

“He deserves not only an apology but compensation. He’s a recognised Muslim scholar and he’s never been prosecuted for any offences.

“I believe he deserves compensation for all his suffering. ”

Anjem Choudary "Killing of Non-Muslims is Legitimate"

When Qatada was arrested by anti-terrorism police officers in February 2001, he had £170,000 cash in his possession, including £805 in an envelope marked “For the Mujahedin in Chechnya”.

However he went on the run in December 2001 when new laws were brought in that allowed terror suspects to be detained without charge or trial.

Qatada became one of Britain’s most wanted men. Over six feet tall and weighing more than 20 stone, he was an unlikely fugitive but he avoided capture for 10 months.

Qatada, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman, was finally arrested in an armed raid on a council house in south London in October 2002 and held in Belmarsh prison in south east London."

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UK's 'terror' ban appeal denied

The government has been denied permission to challenge an order that it take an Iranian opposition group off a list of banned terror organisations.

The Court of Appeal ruled an appeals panel was right to order the removal of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI) from the blacklist.

The appeals panel had said the PMOI was not "concerned in terrorism" for the purposes of the 2000 Terrorism Act.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was very disappointed with the ruling.

The government has said its stance was made in order to protect the public, because the PMOI has a long history of terrorism.

Ms Smith said she would consider introducing tighter legislation in order to maintain the proscription.

Home Secretary Jaquie Smith

Ministers overruled

The PMOI is illegal in the European Union and the United States.

But the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission in London had ruled that ministers must remove it from their blacklist.

The British government went to the Court of Appeal, but the judges held there were "no valid grounds" for arguing the commission had made legal errors in its decision that the PMOI was not "concerned in terrorism" for the purposes of the 2000 Terrorism Act."

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Muslim Battalion Guards the Queen

Muslim Battalion Guards the Queen
A History and Honour news article - from the
UK Ministry of Defence

120 soldiers of the Royal Malay Regiment have become the first all-Islamic Company to provide a British monarch's ceremonial guard.

At Buckingham Palace today, Friday 2 May 2008, red jackets and black bearskins were replaced by pristine white tunics, brocade 'sampins' and gold-banded 'songkoks', when the Malay Regiment changed guards with 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.

The Regiment is visiting the UK to strengthen ties between Malaysia and the UK. Malaysia is only the fourth Commonwealth nation, after Canada, Australia and Jamaica, to be honoured in performing Public Duties in England.

Major Mohd Fuad bin Md Ghazali led his Company as the Malaysian Army's first Captain of the Guard at Buckingham Palace. He said:

"It is a great honour to be here guarding Her Majesty, who is the Head of the Commonwealth, and it is an expression of the close ties between our two countries."

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The government and the monarchy have failed Britian.
The government and the monarchy are no longer protecting British citizens.

British citizens must defend themselves but their government stripped them of their arms and their right to bear them.

Plastic cutlasses & wooden swords must be securely locked up.

Toy guns which produce a flag saying "Bang" must be
registered with OSH.