Mounting international pressure after 9 /11 finally galvanized the British authorities into action; Abu Qatada’s West London home was raided and 180,00 British pound Sterling in various currencies seized ( until then he been fraudulently claiming social welfare). Abu Qyatada who enjoyed political asylum in Britain , was named by the United Nations as a terror suspect and by the Spanish authorities as Al Qaeda’s spiritual ambassador in Europe. He was also leader of the Takfir Wal Hijra, which was then headed by Ayman al-Zawahiri - later to obtain much greater fame and fortune in noteriety and world media.

Despite intelligence claims and reports that he had not met Osama in the 1980’s , Abu Qatada denies ever having done so. However he is wanted by the Jordanian government in connection with a series of bombings in Amman in late 1998.

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