London ? Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday revived a plan for jailing terror suspects without trial after three men eluded police monitoring and disappeared, but he likely faces a new battle with civil liberties campaigners, judges and political opponents.

Home Secretary John Reid told Parliament that the three men who dropped from sight Monday were suspected of planning to travel overseas to carry out terrorist attacks.

The development angered Blair, whose final days in office could turn into a fight over the handling of suspected terrorists.

Britain’s “control order” system – a partial house arrest created after judges ruled suspects could not be detained indefinitely without trial – has been exposed as “very much a second best option,” Blair said.