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September 15, 2006

UK: Muslim Terror Suspected Deported To France

News from the Times, the Press Association via the Express, Deutsche Presse Agentur via The Raw Story, Agence France Presse via Expatica and the Tocqueville Connection and from the BBC report that Britain has deported a 33 year old man to France. The deportation took place yesterday.

The man is of Algerian/French nationality, but is only named as "M.K." He had arrived in Britain in 1992, and according to a statement from Britain's Home Office today, he had been deported on grounds of "national security". In 1995, MK had been told by the Home Office that he would not be allowed to stay in Britain, but he remained in the country. A spokesperson from the Home Office said of the deportation: "Our priority is to protect public safety and national security. Where a foreign national living in the UK poses a threat to this country, we will seek to remove them."

"M.K." had been detained in Britain on September 23, 2004 under immigration regulations, and had been in custody until last year. He had appealed to Siac (Special Immigration Appeals Commission) to challenge the decision to deport him. At this hearing, it had been mentioned that he is suspected of involvement with the Abu Doha (Abou Doha) terror group, an Islamist organisation from Algeria said to have links to Al Qaeda.

On June 23 we reported that an Algerian who had fled from France to Britain was deported back to France. This man, Rabah Kadri, had been convicted in France, in absentia, of plotting to bomb Strasbourg Christmas Market (pictured) in northeastern France in 2000. This individual, like "M.K." was an associate of Abu Doha.

Abu Doha is not a group, as indicated in some of the reports which quote the Home Office, but an individual who was regarded as a regional leader of the Algerian group GSPC, the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which this week was formally announced to be allied to Al Qaeda.

Doha himself goes under many aliases (Rachid Boukhalfa, Amar Makhlulif, the "Doctor", Didier Ajuelos, Dr Haider or Rachid Kefflous), and is in custody in Britain awaiting extradition to the US. He had been arrested in 2001 at Heathrow airport as he tried to board a plane for Jeddah. He had come to Britain from France in 1999, and had already set up the Kalden Al Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan. He is wanted by the US for his part in the failed plot to blow up Los Angeles airport on December 31, 1999. Doha is being held in Belmarsh prison.

MK is the third person to be deported from Britain on security grounds since July 7 last year. The chairman of Siac, Mr Justice Ousley, said in a report published in May 2005: "I specifically asked the applicant (MK) why he objected to being deported to France and his answer was that it would disrupt his life."

Siac was told that MK had a common law British wife, who has a daughter. It was claimed that the couple had undergone an Islamic wedding, though there is no documentation of this. Siac granted him bail, but did not approve his request to stay in Britain. When the appeal to Siac failed, MK applied to the Court of Appeal. This attempt to prevent deportation was heard in June this year, but was thrown out on August 4.

It is said that MK had been involved since 1999 (the year Abu DOha arrived in Britain) with about 12 or more Islamic extremists involved in terrorism.

The Home Office spokesperson said that Britain is grateful to the French authorities for their cooperation in MK's deportation from Britain. It is apparent that upon his arrival in France, MK was not subjected to any charges, and has been allowed to walk free.

Nicola Rogers had been MK's barrister at the Siac hearings, and said of the deportation: "This really calls into question how confident the Home Office actually was with its evidence that they relied upon in closed session. If they really believed him to be an international terrorism suspect then surely there would have been an agreement with the French authorities over his future handling."

MK is further alleged to have gone to Afghanistan, where he underwent military training, and travelled in Afghanistan and Pakistan for terrorist purposes, states DPA.

Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at September 15, 2006 4:33 PM

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