Monday, August 10, 2009

Suspect banned from UK for good

Mahmoud Abu Rideh was flown to a secret Middle Eastern country last week.

Home Secretary Alan Johnson slapped an exclusion order on Rideh, who has spent the past eight years in jail or on a control order.

The bearded Palestinian was among 17 men arrested shortly after the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

The then Home Secretary David Blunkett described him as "an active supporter of various international terrorist groups, including those with links to Osama Bin Laden's networks".

He was first held at Belmarsh top-security prison in South East London but then transferred to Broadmoor secure psychiatric hospital because of his fragile mental health.

He was later the subject of a control order under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.

The Sun knows where Rideh was flown last week but has agreed to keep the location secret for security reasons.

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