Jordan's state security court acquits radical Muslim cleric Abu Qatada of charges of conspiring to commit acts of terrorism.
The cleric, who was extradited from Britain after a lengthy legal process, will continue to be held because of separate charges related to a plot to attack tourists during Jordan's New Year celebrations in 2000.
The Islamist preacher had previously been sentenced in absentia by a Jordanian court to life imprisonment for conspiracy to carry out Al-Qaeda-style attacks against US and other targets inside US ally Jordan.
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