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Terror suspect deported from UK to France LONDON: A French-Algerian national suspected of links to international terrorism has been deported from Britain to France on national security grounds, officials said yesterday, amid heightened security here. The deportation of the 33-year-old suspect, identified only by the initials 'M K", took place on Thursday, the Home Office said. He had been in custody for two years, and was alleged to have ties to an Al Qaeda-linked group. A source close to the case however downplayed the significance of the case. "It is purely administrative," he said. Britain, which suffered a deadly multiple terrorist attack in London in July 2005, is on a high state of alert since the discovery last month of an alleged plot to blow up transatlantic airliners. A Home Office spokeswoman said: "A foreign national who had been identified as representing a threat to the national security of the UK was yesterday deported to France. "The individual has dual French-Algerian nationality," it said, adding that he was the third suspect to be deported from Britain on national security grounds since last year's London bombings, which killed 56 people. She added: "Our priority is to protect public safety and national security .. The British government is grateful to the French authorities for their co-operation in facilitating the deportation of this individual." The suspect was detained under immigration rules on September 23, 2004. He had lodged an unsuccessful appeal to the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, which hears appeals from foreigners facing detention, deportation or exclusion on national security grounds, but was granted bail. During those hearings it was alleged that he had links with the Abu Doha terror group, an Algerian group connected with Al Qaeda. The man then appealed to the Court of Appeal, which deals with cases where people feel they have been unfairly sentenced, in June this year but on August 4 that appeal was also dismissed. Siac heard that the man has a "common-law wife" who is British and a daughter. The couple had undergone a form of Islamic marriage. According to judicial sources, he had protested that deportation to France would "disrupt his life." The Home Office spokeswoman said that authorities have a commitment to protect British citizens. "Where a foreign national living in the UK is a threat to this country we will seek to deport them," she said. In another development yesterday two men appeared in a London court charged following an operation which detectives said was designed to target the suspected recruitment and training of terrorists. Mohamed Hamid, 48, faces 12 charges most of which relate accusations he had encouraged others to commit murder or acts of terrorism in statements or during meetings. Some of the charges state he had solicited the murder of people "who do not implement Allah's law" while another said he encouraged the killing of British or US citizens. He is also accused of providing weapons training and instruction in other terrorism methods. He was sent for trial at London's Old Bailey court and was ordered to be held in custody until September 29 after an appearance at City of Westminster Magistrates Court yesterday. Kibley Da Costa, 23, faces three charges, one of providing terror training and two of attending terrorism training camps near the Matley Wood Caravan and Camping site in Lyndhurst, Hampshire, and near a farm in Berkshire, west of London. He was ordered to be held in custody to reappear at the City of Westminster court on September 22. 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