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Britain mulls secret terror courts

Radical cleric Omar Bakri leaves London for Lebanon; Egyptian biochemist freed

AGENCIES, London/ Cairo
Britain is mulling secret pre-trial terror hearings in which a security-vetted judge would examine evidence without a jury to decide how long a suspect should be held without charge, two newspapers said yesterday.
If introduced, this French-style "inquisitorial" system of justice would mark a huge departure from Britain's centuries old "adversarial" process, The Guardian and The Times reported.
Prime Minister Tony Blair last week said the government was "already examining a new court procedure which would allow a pretrial process" as part of a series of proposals to clamp down on Islamic extremism in the wake of the London bombings and attempted bombings on July 7 and July 21 respectively.
The court plan being considered by the Home Office would give a special judge access to sensitive intelligence material -- including evidence from phone taps -- in
drawing up a pre-trial case, The Guardian said.
Suspects would be represented by security-cleared advocates but they would be barred from revealing to their clients the evidence under which they were being held.
Such a system would provide a way of meeting requests by the police and security services that the detention period for a terror suspect before charge should be extended from the current 14 days up to three months.
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Simon Hughes, legal affairs spokesman for the smaller opposition Liberal Democrat Party, suggested that there "may be a case" for security-cleared judges doing special work, but he doubted a major extension of the time suspects were held could be justified.
"Suddenly to say you can justify three months when we've only got two weeks now of detention, you will need to persuade us and a lot of other people much more than has been done so far," he told BBC2's Newsnight on Monday.
"If the evidence is there yes, we'll take it but the evidence has not been shown and I am doubtful it would be persuasive."
Edward Garnier, a spokesman for the main opposition Conservatives, urged the government to "calm down and think these things through" and consult other parties on the detailed proposals.
ANTI-TERROR PLANS ATTACKED
Proposals to crack down on Islamic extremists in Britain after the London bombings came under fire yesterday for sowing confusion, while a radical Muslim cleric who left for Lebanon at the weekend vowed to return.
John Denham, chairman of the House of Commons home affairs committee and a former Home Office minister from the governing Labour Party, said he was concerned about how a 12-point plan to curb civil liberties had been rushed out by Prime Minister Tony Blair without prior consultation.
"What is more worrying is the sense of slight panic that seems to be emanating from the government over the last few days," he told the Financial Times newspaper.
"After the bombings, there was a very sensible and measured approach recognising things needed to be done and discussed."
"The flurry of announcements over the last few days, many of which haven't been developed fully, gives the sense that the government is not fully in control of events and that's unfortunate."
Three key suspects behind a failed attempt on July 21 to carry out copycat bombings in London on three subway trains and a doubledecker bus have been remanded in custody until November 14.
Mukhtar Said Ibrahim, 27, Ramzi Mohammed, 23, and Yassin Hassan Omar, 24, appeared in court Monday amid high security, charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder and possession of explosives.
OMAR BAKRI LEAVES LONDON FOR LEBANON
One of the radical figures likely to come under scrutiny, Omar Bakri Mohammed, left Britain at the weekend for Lebanon, from where an aide said he would search for a country where he could practice his "Islamic duties".
Bakri himself declared, however, that he was "going to return back in four weeks unless the government says we are not welcome, because my family is in the United Kingdom".
"I left by my own passport. I do not think I will have any problem returning back to the UK, but I do not want the government to use the presence of Omar Bakri to change the rules," he told BBC radio.
The Syrian-born cleric sparked outrage last week when he said he would not inform police if he knew Muslims were planning a bomb attack on a train in Britain.
"It's an obligation on Muslims that if they can't fulfill their Islamic duties in a certain place then they need to ... emigrate to a place where they can, where their lives and their religion is protected," he said.
EGYPTIAN BIOCHEMIST FREED An Egyptian biochemist detained on
suspicion of links to the London attacks was freed yesterday after being cleared of having had any involvement in the strikes, a top government official told AFP.
"Magdy al-Nashar was freed on Tuesday. His total innocence and the absence of any implication in the London attacks have been proven," said the source, who declined to be named.
Nashar was arrested on July 14 in Cairo on suspicion of aiding the attackers behind the quadruple suicide bombings. The Egyptian authorities announced he had been cleared five days later but had kept him in detention up until now. (AFP, AP)