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By: Britain’s Guantánamo: Fact or Fiction? by Andy Worthington « Dandelion Salad

Sat, 04 Apr 2009 09:06:40 +0000

[...] the deportation in February of two prisoners — BB and U — they resorted, as I explained in an article at the time, to claiming that President Bouteflika has improved Algeria’s human rights record, and has [...]

By: Britain’s Guantánamo by Andy Worthington -- Antiwar.com

Britain’s Guantánamo by Andy Worthington -- Antiwar.com — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:05:04 +0000

[...] deportation in February of two prisoners — BB and U — they resorted, as I explained in an article at the time, to claiming that President Bouteflika has improved Algeria’s human rights record, and has [...]

By: amna

amna — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:25:21 +0000

Asslam-o-Alaikum

i am amna and i like this topic and i like Abu Qatada so much
he is nice person

By: » A very good post from Andy Worthington o … Talk Islam

» A very good post from Andy Worthington o … Talk Islam — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:59:33 +0000

[...] very good post from Andy Worthington on the Abu Qatada [...]

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:19:43 +0000

Thanks to Septicisle and Lee for the comments. I’m glad to hear that others think this story is far from over.
Septicisle had some good posts on the topic.
This after the verdict:
http://www.septicisle.info/2009/02/abu-qutata.html
And this (“Scum-watch”!) analyzing the tabloids’ response to the European Court of Human Rights’ compensation award to Abu Qatada and the other Belmarsh prisoners for their illegal three-year detention:
http://www.septicisle.info/2009/02/scum-watch-pathetic-apoplexy-over.html

By: Lee Griffin

Lee Griffin — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:50:58 +0000

Another brilliant piece Andy. I have to agree with Septicisle, either there is a great conspiracy that Abu Qatada is managing to spin, or something isn’t quite right with how all this is portrayed. Regardless, how he’s treated in terms of his rights is atrocious, and is barely the beginning I fear.

By: septicisle

septicisle — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 17:15:09 +0000

Abu Qatada is certainly an enigma: his speeches and otherwise show without doubt that he can be accurately described as a jihadist, but either he’s an accomplished liar and uses people or it seems doubtful that he shares the minority, let alone the majority of the views of al-Qaida. Why else would he say the line about 9/11 you quote, or intervene when Norman Kember was kidnapped in Iraq, or offer to do the same in the case of Alan Johnston, when his supposed comrades in arms would disagree profusely with him on those matters? I remain convinced that there’s something major that we aren’t being told about Qatada, especially regarding the in the public domain claims that he was a double agent, or at least one of those, along with Bakri Muhammad, who believed deeply in the “covenant of security” where they didn’t attack their host country. In any event, deporting him is not the answer, and never has been.

By: Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 12:24:26 +0000

Here’s Andrew Gilligan, in the Evening Standard, talking a lot of sense about the Abu Qatada case:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23649897-details/Better+pay+out+to+Qatada+than+lose+our+freedoms/article.do