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June 17th, 2013 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The agreement includes radical cleric Abu Qatada who has resisted extradition to Jordan for the past decade, an MP has said.
“Parliament [has] approved a treaty with Britain to help Jordan extradite suspects from Britain,” said deputy house speaker Khalil Attieh. “The agreement does not specifically mention Abu Qatada but it includes him and others.”
The accord needs King Abdullah II’s approval before it becomes a law.
Abu Qatada has been in and out of British prisons since 2002 as he fights successive government attempts to deport him to Jordan, where he has been convicted of terror charges in his absence.
The 52-year-old cleric, who has been residing in Britain since claiming asylum in 1993, is likely to face a retrial if he is returned to Jordan.
On April 24, British Home Secretary Theresa May announced that London has signed a legal treaty with Amman giving guarantees that Abu Qatada would face a fair trial if deported.
“The agreement also includes a number of fair trial guarantees… I believe these guarantees will provide the courts with the assurance that Qatada will not face evidence that might have been obtained by torture in a retrial in Jordan,” she said.
May made the announcement a day after the Court of Appeal in London refused her permission to challenge its ruling that the radical preacher cannot be sent back to Jordan due to rights concerns.
“The Jordanian parliament approved the agreement without demanding any amendments,” Attieh said.
The British government has repeatedly sought fresh assurances from Jordan about Abu Qatada’s treatment, but a Special Immigration Appeals Commission judge in November ruled again that he could not be sent back, a decision upheld by the Court of Appeal in March.
Britain’s legal fight to deport Abu Qatada has cost more than £1.7 million since 2005, the interior minister said Friday.
The Home Secretary said the £1,716,306 total includes more than £1 million in Home Office costs and nearly £650,000 in the cleric’s legal fees.
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