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| Islamic preacher Qatada is bailed | Islamic preacher Qatada is bailed |
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| Islamic preacher Abu Qatada has been granted bail with a 22-hour curfew by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, the Home Office has said. | Islamic preacher Abu Qatada has been granted bail with a 22-hour curfew by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, the Home Office has said. |
| Qatada last month won an appeal against deportation but remained in prison. | Qatada last month won an appeal against deportation but remained in prison. |
| The Home Office, which is appealing against the decision to block the deportation to Jordan, will seek strict conditions on Qatada once freed. | |
| Qatada, a Palestinian-Jordanian, was convicted in his absence in Jordan of terrorist offences in the 1990s. | |
| Most wanted | |
| Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said she was "extremely disappointed" at the decision and promised "all steps necessary to protect the public". | |
| Qatada is being held in Belmarsh high-security prison but could bereleased within weeks. | |
| Abu Qatada became one of the UK's most wanted men in December 2001 when he went on the run on the eve of government moves to introduce new anti-terror laws allowing suspects to be detained without charge or trial. | |
| In October 2002 the authorities tracked him down to a council house in south London and took him to Belmarsh Prison. | |
| He was eventually freed on bail in March 2005, but was made subject of a control order to limit his movements. | |
| In August that year he was taken back into custody pending the extradition to Jordan. |