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| British ISIS suicide bomber was ex-Gitmo detainee who won £1mn compensation | British ISIS suicide bomber was ex-Gitmo detainee who won £1mn compensation |
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| Suicide bomber Abu-Zakariya al-Britani detonated a car bomb outside an Iraqi military base southwest of Mosul, 12 years after winning £1 million ($1.25 million) compensation for wrongful detention in Guantanamo Bay. | Suicide bomber Abu-Zakariya al-Britani detonated a car bomb outside an Iraqi military base southwest of Mosul, 12 years after winning £1 million ($1.25 million) compensation for wrongful detention in Guantanamo Bay. |
| Al-Britani is thought to be Jamal Udeen Al-Harith, born Ronald Fiddler, a former Guantanamo detainee from Manchester who was released from the US prison camp in 2004, after being captured in Pakistan in 2002. | |
| He was reportedly paid £1 million by the UK government to keep quiet about British complicity in torture and abuse. | He was reportedly paid £1 million by the UK government to keep quiet about British complicity in torture and abuse. |
| He left for Syria in 2014, ten years after he was released from the notorious detention facility, only to be killed on Monday. | He left for Syria in 2014, ten years after he was released from the notorious detention facility, only to be killed on Monday. |
| Arthur Snell, the former head of the UK’s controversial counter-terrorism initiative, Prevent, told the BBC that al-Britani’s path should have been predicted. | Arthur Snell, the former head of the UK’s controversial counter-terrorism initiative, Prevent, told the BBC that al-Britani’s path should have been predicted. |
| “It’s obvious that collectively the authorities – and obviously I have some personal responsibility there – we failed to be aware of what Fiddler was up to,” Snell said Wednesday. | “It’s obvious that collectively the authorities – and obviously I have some personal responsibility there – we failed to be aware of what Fiddler was up to,” Snell said Wednesday. |
| “More often, the services are in the mental health space rather than law enforcement. It’s impossible to say what was happening in that 10-year period but what is very clear is that there was a problem and it wasn’t adequately dealt with. | “More often, the services are in the mental health space rather than law enforcement. It’s impossible to say what was happening in that 10-year period but what is very clear is that there was a problem and it wasn’t adequately dealt with. |
| “Clearly there was a high-profile figure, there was no mystery about this man, he was someone known to the authorities.” | “Clearly there was a high-profile figure, there was no mystery about this man, he was someone known to the authorities.” |
| Lord Carlile, a former legal reviewer of terrorism legislation, told the BBC that Fiddler should never have been paid off. | Lord Carlile, a former legal reviewer of terrorism legislation, told the BBC that Fiddler should never have been paid off. |
| “There was absolutely no merit in paying him a penny because plainly he was a terrorist and he was a potentially dangerous terrorist,” said Carlile. | “There was absolutely no merit in paying him a penny because plainly he was a terrorist and he was a potentially dangerous terrorist,” said Carlile. |
| “The issue was the legal disclosure rules. If somebody brings a civil action for damages then they are entitled to disclosure, some of which may be national security material.” | “The issue was the legal disclosure rules. If somebody brings a civil action for damages then they are entitled to disclosure, some of which may be national security material.” |