Suspected Terrorist Abu Qatada to be deported to Jordan by Sunday

                    
Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada will be deported from Britain to Jordan on Sunday. This after both governments approved a treaty paving the way for his extradition which in turn ends years of litigation, a Jordanian official said on Wednesday.           

"Abu Qatada is expected to leave Britain in the early hours of Sunday and should arrive in the morning in Jordan on the same day," a government official told AFP on condition on anonymity.           

The UK government has been attempting to deport Qatada to Jordan for year after he was convicted of terror charges in absentia in 1999, for about eight years. The fight for his deportation has cost British taxpayers over £1.7 million since 2005.            

He is behind bars in London's Belmarsh prison after having breached bail restricting the use of mobile phones and other communication devices.             

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Siac) previously heard that a USB stick understood to belong to Qatada's eldest son contained “jihadist files” made by the “media wing of al-Qaeda”.                

The terror suspect is also being investigated by Scotland Yard over suspected extremist material found during the search of his home.