Posted on 10/26/2002 4:29:16 PM PDT by Kay Soze
LONDON -- British police have arrested Abu Qatada, a Muslim cleric whose angry sermons and alleged ties to terrorists across Europe and beyond made him one of the most revered and most wanted figures in Al Qaeda, authorities said Friday.
"I think it's very significant: He is on the FBI most-wanted list, he's wanted [in] France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Belgium for a variety of terrorist conspiracies," said Andrew Dismore, a parliamentary deputy. "He really is one of the spiders at the very center of the web."
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