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Britain's promised crackdown on the "preachers of hate" began this morning as ten foreign nationals were detained. Among them, Times Online has learned, is Abu Qatada, described as al-Qaeda’s spiritual ambassador in Europe. Abu Qatada, whose is also known as Sheikh Omar Abu Omar, and the other nine foreign nationals are being held by four police forces, working with the Immigration Service. They are in a prison service facility while the Home Office prepares to deport them. The Home Office has not confirmed that Abu Qatada is among the people detained this morning but Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary, said...

Named as Godfather of world terrorism, Abu Qatada, a radical Islamic cleric granted asylum and getting for years £1000 per month benefit from the British government, was named on Tuesday of being directly involved in inspiring September 11 attacks in the US. It was also alleged that he has had direct links with Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organisations spread across the world. Eighteen videos of his sermons at North Finsbury Park mosque, considered a hotbed of fundamentalist activities and raided by the police some time ago, were found in the flat in Hamburg where three of the September 11 hijackers...