Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada arrived in Amman on Sunday after Britain deported him to face terror charges ending a decade long legal battle, a Jordanian government official said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbu Qatada landed at Marka airport in east Amman,\u201d the official told media on condition of anonymity.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was escorted by British and Jordanian guards, who handed him over to state security court prosecutors.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan vowed \u201ccredibility and transparency\u201d in dealing with Abu Qatada.<\/p>\n
The Palestinian-born preacher, 53,was taken from prison in an armoured police van to a military airfield on the outskirts of London, where he boarded a privately chartered jet that lifted off into the night sky, photographers said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe government is keen on credibility and transparency in handling the issue of Abu Qatada,\u201d who was flown out of Britain at 0146 GMT on Sunday, Jordan\u2019s information minister and government spokesman Mohammad Momani, told the state-run Petra news agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe deportation of Abu Qatada, which came as a result of Jordanian-British coordination and cooperation sends a message to all fugitives that they will face justice in Jordan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Britain was finally able to expel the father of five, once dubbed Osama bin Laden\u2019s deputy in Europe, after the two governments last month formally approved the so-called \u201cTreaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters\u201d treaty, guaranteeing that evidence obtained by torture would not be used against him in any retrial.<\/p>\n
Home Secretary Theresa May said his departure proved that the government\u2019s efforts to deport him had been worth the \u00a31.7 million ($2.7 million, two million euros) legal bill and would be \u201cwelcomed by the British public.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis dangerous man has now been removed from our shores to face the courts in his own country,\u201d she said in a statement released seconds after Abu Qatada\u2019s plane took off.<\/p>\n
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