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| A suspected international terrorist has been deported from the UK to France on national security grounds, the Home Office has said. | A suspected international terrorist has been deported from the UK to France on national security grounds, the Home Office has said. |
| The 33-year-old man, with dual French-Algerian nationality, has been identified only by the initials MK. He was deported from Britain on Thursday. | |
| Previously, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission had been told he had links to the Abu Doha terror group. | Previously, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission had been told he had links to the Abu Doha terror group. |
| The Algerian group is said to be connected to al Qaeda. | The Algerian group is said to be connected to al Qaeda. |
| A Home Office spokesperson said MK was the third person to be deported from the UK on national security grounds. | |
| "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," he added. | |
| 'Terror links' | |
| MK was originally detained in September 2004. | |
| He then lost in an appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac), but was granted bail. | |
| In court hearings, Siac was told that MK has a British "common-law wife" who has a daughter. | |
| According to the court, the couple had undergone a form of Islamic marriage. | |
| MK was born in Algeria but moved to France, obtaining French nationality, before arriving in the UK in 1992. | |
| In August 1995 the Home Office told MK they did not believe him to be a legal resident in the UK, but he remained. | |
| The Home Office has alleged that MK has sustained a close relationship with 12 or more Islamic extremists involved in supporting terrorism since 1999. | |
| Apart from alleging him to be a member of Abu Doha, he is also said to have undergone military training in Afghanistan and travelled to Afghanistan and Pakistan for terrorist purposes. | |
| He is also said to have helped supply financial support to those involved in one plot in the UK and the plots to bomb Los Angeles airport and the Strasbourg Christmas market. |