PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION<br/> <br />Abu Qatada, a radical Jordanian Islamic cleric once described as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, was released from prison in the United Kingdom on Monday (February 13) after the European Court of Human Rights ruled his detention without trial was unlawful.<br/> <br />Qatada, whose real name is Omar Othman, has been in and out of jail since he was first detained without charge under UK anti-terrorism laws in 2002.<br/> <br />Britain says video footage of his sermons were found in a German apartment used by three of the people who carried out the September 11th attacks on the U.S. in 2001.<br/> <br />It wants to deport him to Jordan to face trial on terrorism charges.<br/> <br />Qatada, who denies belonging to al Qaeda, has been fighting deportation for six years.<br/> <br />His lawyers say if he is sent back to Jordan he risks being tortured or retried using evidence extracted from others using torture.<br/> <br />He's been convicted in his absence in Jordan of involvement in two bomb plots and described by a senior British judge as a truly dangerous supporter of radical Islamist groups.
