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Judge says that Al-Qaida operative should not be deported to Pakistan

The court has ruled that Abid Naseer, the alleged terrorist leader, will be allowed to stay in Britain. The two men involved in the case are considered to be a very serious threat to national security, and Naseer has been described as a full-fledged “Al-Qaida operative”. The court has ruled that these two men can stay in Britain, because deporting them back to Pakistan would be too dangerous.

24 year old Abid Naseer was allegedly the ringleader of a plot to attack Manchester’s Trafford Centre, as well as other targets last year, which had been identified by anti-terrorist detectives, who had intercepted a few emails where he had apparently used the names of women as codes for bomb-making equipment. A partially closed hearing of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) had been held in London, and it was found that he, as well as Pakistani Ahmed Faraz Khan (aged 26), whom the judge called the willing participant, would not be returned to their native country because the rules breached human rights.

Naseer and Khan were part of 12 men arrested last year, in a series of raids held across north England, police had claimed to be acting to thwart a mass casualty terrorist attack. But no explosives were discovered, and no one was charged after Operation Pathway had to be quickly brought forward, this was due to a blunder in security made by the Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner, Bob Quick.

Mr. Justice Mitting stated in his written ruling that Naseer is an Al-Qaida operative who is a serious threat to the national security of UK, and it was good that he should be deported. However, Pakistan was characterized by the abuse of legal and human rights, and this made it difficult to deport him and Khan.

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