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A TERROR suspect said to have "direct links" with Osama bin Laden has been freed on bail after spending more than seven years in jail awaiting deportation, it was announced today. The 45-year-old Algerian, who can be identified only by the initial "U", was released from Long Lartin high-security prison in Worcestershire. A spokeswoman for the Special Immigration Appeals Commission said: "As of today I can confirm he has been released." It came just two weeks after firebrand preacher Abu Qatada was freed on bail by Siac. Terror The development followed a successful appeal to the Court of Appeal, which overturned Siac’s earlier ruling that U could be deported to Algeria. The Government has claimed in court that U was a leading organiser of a major terror group. His followers plotted to bomb the Christmas market in Strasbourg in... [read full story]
