Switch to Desktop Site  Who is Abu Qatada and why is Britain
unable to deport him?  Britain released Islamist preacher Abu
Qatada on bail Monday after a British court ruled he could not
be extradited to Jordan.    Abu Qatada, left, gets out of the
rear of a vehicle as he returns to his residence in London on
Tuesday. The radical Islamist cleric cannot be deported from
Britain to Jordan to face terrorism charges, judges ruled Monday
in the latest twist in a protracted legal saga.  Matt Dunham/AP
About these ads  Monday saw the release of Islamist preacher Abu
Qatada from prison in Britain, after a British court ruled that
he could not be extradited to Jordan. The ruling is just the
latest setback for the government, which has been unsuccessfully
trying to remove Mr. Qatada for the better part of a decade. But
while a familiar name and face to British readers, Qatada is not
well known on this side of the Atlantic.   Who is Abu Qatada?
Qatada is a radical Islamist preacher and alleged terrorism
supporter curre