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UK to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan
2005-08-13
The Jordanian interior minister has said British authorities would deport Muslim cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he will face new trials on charges of conspiracy and terrorist bombings for which he was found guilty in absentia. Awni Yirfas, the minister, told state television on Friday night that Britain had verbally informed authorities in Amman that the cleric "will be sent back to Jordan next week". Abu Qatada would be "retried under a Jordanian law which allows persons convicted and sentenced in absentia the right to retrial once captured," Yirfas said.

The countries signed an extradition agreement earlier this week. Omar Mahmood Othman Abu Omar, better known as Abu Qatada, was among 10 foreigners that British police arrested on Thursday on suspicion of posing a threat to national security in Britain. The detentions came days after British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced tough new proposals to deport Muslim extremists in the wake of the 7 July bombings in London that killed 56 people. Born in the West Bank town of Bethlehem in 1960, Abu Qatada was convicted in absentia in Jordan in 2000 on charges of conspiring to attack US and Israeli tourists during the kingdom's millennium celebrations. According to the indictment, his role was primarily to finance the terror group.
Posted by:Fred

#36  Careful, smn. If you are half as educated as you claim, then you are aware of the blood already pooling at your feet merely from tw posing her question. The rapier 'tis exceedingly sharp... pain will come later.

:D
Posted by: .com   2005-08-13 23:20  

#35  No, no, no, bored!

smn said he had accumulated a bunch of degrees -- not at all the same as being educated. I speak as an expert on the subject, being happily educated but degree-free myself, and the offspring and sibling of the merry professorate, none of whom have yet gotten to the point of knowing more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing at all. Although my mother did go to Med. School for her own amusement in Switzerland, and later acquired a doctorate in psychology by accident. ;-)

Seriously, smn, what have you studied? Do your degrees add weight to your opinions here, as the ones I haven't acquired do not, or were they just for your pleasure and pocketbook? I'm not asking to be mean, but because we seem to be about evenly divided here at Rantburg between those with academic backgrounds and those with degrees in Real Life (I, of course, fall into neither camp, and so am able to admire the achievements of both parties impartially).
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-08-13 23:09  

#34  We should stop gobbling up troll chum. Its off target and only plays to the trolls' deranged minds.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-13 23:08  

#33  Hey, guys - back off. Didn't you hear smn say s/he's an EDUCATED, SENSITIVE troll??

Makes all the difference, you know.
Posted by: bored   2005-08-13 21:03  

#32  zzzzzzzz
Posted by: Darrell   2005-08-13 20:19  

#31  Raptor...Raptor, I've already indicated to phil_b and 2b that I'm not a troll, but a highly educated intelligent multi degreed smn; however sensitive that can be! Do you know how many HEART TICKS I've wasted responding to your cutting snipes?
Now throw me down a laurel leaf!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 20:17  

#30  Tell me,smn.Do you often masterbate in public?
Posted by: raptor   2005-08-13 19:51  

#29  Good.Ship his ass out yesterday.Hope the Jorddies have a nice welcome the bastard.
Posted by: raptor   2005-08-13 19:41  

#28  SMN handling the Queen a little too much.
Posted by: Shipman   2005-08-13 19:12  

#27  Thanks 2b, old Patriot, my sentiment exactly except I would brand an Eagle, arrows in claw in place of the Celtic cross.
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 18:47  

#26  The only person I could possibly lose to in the game is myself!!

That's right. You got it. Your brilliance dazzles me. No one but you could lose to you.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 17:25  

#25  OP - I like it
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-13 17:23  

#24  I think we should send them ALL back with a Celtic cross tattooed on their forehead, and "Jesus Saves" on each arm. Nothing else to worry about.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2005-08-13 17:16  

#23  Wow, you almost nailed it 2b! The only person I could possibly lose to in the game is myself!!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 16:24  

#22  ... Your posts make you look...
Thank you .com!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 16:19  

#21  yeah, actually I can. The only person you could possibly hope to beat in a game of chess would be yourself.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 16:17  

#20  It's lonely up here. but I will admit this for you 2b. I play chess with myself, with a mirror...looking at the other board only. Can you grasp!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 16:15  

#19  :-)
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 16:09  

#18  Tedious (adjective) .......


:-)
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-13 16:01  

#17  :)

Tedious, isn't it? Sheesh.
Posted by: .com   2005-08-13 15:59  

#16  In fact, I'm downright blushing that I didn't grasp it sooner. Damn, I'm slipping.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 15:57  

#15  .com. I missed it - but you nailed it. It all makes sense to me now.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 15:55  

#14  lol! NO!!! Pray tell me, smn!!! How many degrees do you have? Gosh - how did you know the question that question was on my mind????
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 15:52  

#13  Geez. You can't even admit the obvious misspelling of a contraction? Posting a pointless load of BS text to obfuscate qualifies for trolling.

Honest neutral advice. Your posts make you look a fool. Admit mistakes. Engage people, instead of trying to sound witty. Witty you are not - at least in English. You may be a fucking laugh riot in phreakin' Swahili, but you are failing miserably here. Relax and make sense first. Snarkiness will probably come naturally later, when the language is mastered.
Posted by: .com   2005-08-13 15:52  

#12  For you, 2b:"The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
thou hou ([th]ou), pron. [Sing.: nom. Thou; poss. Thy
([th][imac]) or Thine ([th][imac]n); obj. Thee
([th][=e]). Pl.: nom. You (y[=oo]); poss. Your (y[=oo]r)
or Yours (y[=oo]rz); obj. You.] [OE. thou, [thorn]u, AS.
[eth][=u], [eth]u; akin to OS. & OFries. thu, G., Dan. & Sw.
du, Icel. [thorn][=u], Goth. [thorn]u, Russ. tui, Ir. & Gael.
tu, W. ti, L. tu, Gr. sy`, Dor. ty`, Skr. tvam. [root]185.
Cf. Thee, Thine, Te Deum.]
The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting
the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in
addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style.
[1913 Webster]
I'm convinced your trying to get me to reveal how many degrees I have, but I will not bite!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 15:41  

#11  the correct spelling is "you're". Nitwit.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 14:50  

#10  2b Or not 2b, your no longer the question.
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 14:40  

#9   chill dude Don't call hir a dude. S/he'd have to Herodize hirself.
Posted by: 2b   2005-08-13 11:28  

#8  Anyone notice this is actually Shaquille O'Neal in a beard, turban, and wig?
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-13 10:23  

#7  smn, it's too early in the morning for all those breathless !!!s.

Chill, dude.
Posted by: true nuff   2005-08-13 07:38  

#6  Jordan didn't want him back, I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall in the teleconferencing over the wrangling of the Brits to get Awni Yirfas to take him back! My hunch is that the Brits promised to keep the kiddies and the wife and slide Jordan some welfare compensation!
Posted by: smn   2005-08-13 04:26  

#5  Ok lets clean him up before we send him back. 1) clean shave - beard and hair, 2) put a bullseye on his forehead.

Oh and his last meal could be bacon and beans :P
Posted by: Uneart Crong5904   2005-08-13 02:46  

#4  Pork agin, we had that last week
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-13 00:37  

#3  Pork
Posted by: Frank G   2005-08-13 00:10  

#2  What's for dinner?
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-08-13 00:09  

#1  Mom, I'm home.
Posted by: Captain America   2005-08-13 00:05  

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