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Abu Qatada Dept: LONDON - A radical Muslim cleric thwarted another effort by Britain to have him deported to Jordan after a court accepted arguments Wednesday that he would face testimony obtained by torture, according to Winnipeg Free Press. But the man described by prosecutors as a key al-Qaida operative in Europe, with ties to the late Osama bin Laden, has successfully fought deportation in British and European courts and it is not over yet. The British government pledged to fight on, despite the loss in the Court of Appeal and FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Abu Qatada is driven away after being refused bail at a hearing at London's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which handles deportation and security cases, in London. The British government has lost its appeal Wednesday March 27, 2013, against an immigration tribunal's decision allowing a radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada to remain in Britain. Britain wants to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he was convicted in absentia for terror plots in 1999 and 2000. AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File Britain wants to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan, where he was convicted in absentia for terror plots in 1999 and 2000. Successive British governments have been trying since 2001 to remove the Islamist cleric, whose real name is Omar Mahmoud Mohammed Othman. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.