Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Britain's House Arrest

As for the terrorism, well...

See: Terror Expert: London Bomber Was Working For MI5

Do you know about Mr. Aswat or
Mr. Khan, readers?

So how soon until this is standard treatment for us all?

And much to my lack of surprise, the Globe TOTALLY
CENSORED IT off their web site!

Pfffffttt!


"Abu Qatada was released from Long Lartin Prison in central England Tuesday night, but his freedom of movement and his ability to communicate with the outside world will be severely limited by harsh conditions imposed by Judge John Mitting in Tuesday's eight-page ruling.

In effect, Abu Qatada will live under constant police surveillance and is expected to be monitored at all times.

He will be confined to his home 22 hours per day, and on the two hours when he is allowed to leave his house he will have to stay within a small area defined by the court.

He will be fitted with an electronic monitoring device so police can track his movements at all times, and he will not be allowed to have any computers, mobile phones or Internet connections within his home.

Police will have the right to search the home and its premises at any point and will be free to photograph Abu Qatada at any time.

Even when he's taking a dump?

In addition, he will not be allowed to have visitors at his home, except for his wife, children, a doctor, a lawyer, and other children under 10 years of age unless senior government officials give advance permission.

When he is outside the home, he will not be allowed to have any meetings, and he is specifically barred from having any direct or indirect contact with a large number of terror suspects, including Osama bin Laden and his deputy, the Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahri."

Yup, toss those guys in, too, yup!

And here is more from the Guardian pick-up (what the Globe chose to drop for its paper):

"Once he is freed, Abu Qatada will have to surrender his passport and he will be limited to having one bank account and one conventional telephone line in his house. No data storage machines or fax machines will be allowed in his home.

He is explicitly barred from attending any mosque, and will not be allowed to give lectures or lead prayers or provide religious instruction, except to his wife and children. He also is not allowed to publish any statement that has not been approved in advance by British officials....

Can you SMELL the "FREEDOM," readers?

What did this guy do, anyway?

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