LONDON, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Six of the eight foreign terror suspects held in Britain without charge or trial since Sept. 11, 2001 attacks in the United States were freed on conditional bail Friday as parliament carries on the ping pong battle over the government's controversial anti-terrorism bill.

    One of the six, 44-year-old Palestinian-born Syrian preacher Abu Qatada, has been described by one British judge as a "truly dangerous individual" and by media as the al-Qaeda "spiritual ambassador in Europe."

    The other five are known only as E, H, K, P and Q.

    E has been accused of being a member of the Tunisian Fighting Group which aims to establish an Islamic state in Tunisia. H is anAlgerian accused of involvement with the Selafist Group for Call and Combat which is allegedly linked to al-Qaeda.

    K is said to be a senior member of a group of Mujahideen providing active support to al-Qaeda and other terror networks andP is an Algerian who has no hands and was being held on suspicion of being connected with terrorist offenses carried out in 2001.

    The only available information on Q is that he has been held inBritain since January 2003.

    The six have left custody with electronic tags attached to themfor monitoring.

    The two remaining suspects still being held are expected to be released in the next few days.

    The suspects have been held for up to three-and-a-half years under Britain's anti-terrorism laws introduced after the Sept. 11 attacks which allow detention without charge or trial of foreign terror suspects who cannot be deported.

    But the measures have been ruled unlawful by Law Lords and willexpire on March 14.

    The planned replacement, the Prevention of Terrorism Bill -- which would allow "control orders" including a form of house arrest to be imposed on British and foreign terror suspects -- is the subject of the parliamentary ping pong match ongoing between the Commons and Lords. Enditem