One possible cleric who could be deported is Syrian-born Sheikh Bakri Mohammed, who reportedly once referred to the September 11 hijackers as the "magnificent 19." He spoke out against Blair's plans Friday.
"I think this is the same system, the same method of Kaddafi, Mubarak and Saddam Hussein, so they're going to be seen by Muslim youth that [Blair] is nothing more than a dictator," Mohammed said.
A one-month consultation will be held on new grounds for excluding and deportating people from the United Kingdom.
Blair's comments come just over one month after a series of blasts on London's transit system killed 56 people, including four bombers.
Suspects ordered detained
The wife of a suspected London bomber and her sister, arrested in connection with the July 21 London bomb probe, were ordered held in custody until a hearing on Aug. 11.
Yeshshiembet Girma, 29, the wife of suspected bomber Hamdi Issac, and her sister, Muluemebet Girma, 21, have been charged with failing to disclose information to police about Issac. They were arrested on July 27.
Issac, also known as Osman Hussain, was detained in Rome last week. He is accused of trying to bomb the Shepherd's Bush subway station on July 21. Britain is seeking his extradition.
The only other person charged in the botched July 21 attacks is 23-year-old Ismael Abdurahman. He is charged for failing to disclose information about Issac.
Police in London have another 14 suspects in custody over the failed July 21 attacks, including three of the suspected bombers. A fourth suspected bomber is being held in Italy.
Meanwhile, al Qaeda's deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahri threatened that more attacks may be on the way, and said Blair was to blame for the recent bombings.
"Blair has brought to you destruction in central London, and he will bring more of that, God willing," Zawahri said in the tape, which was broadcast Thursday on the Arab all-news satellite channel Al-Jazeera.
Zawahri also offered a truce to Britain if they withdraw from Iraq and Afghanistan. However, Middle East expert Wayne White said those comments are a sham.
"The goals of the organization and people who are inspired by it go well beyond Iraq and Afghanistan," White told CTV's Canada AM.
"They basically want the West to remove itself from the Middle East/South Asia region; they want a number of regimes friendly to the West to be toppled."
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Under the European Convention on Human Rights, to which Britain is a signatory, it is not allowed to deport people to a country where they may face torture or death.
