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ISIS suicide bomber in Iraq was former Gitmo detainee

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ISIS suicide bomber in Iraq was former Gitmo detainee
By Mark Moore

February 21, 2017 | 1:05pm | Updated


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Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, formerly known as Ronald Fiddler
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British terror suspect who received a seven-figure payoff after being released from Guantanamo Bay died when he detonated explosives during a suicide bombing in Iraq, according to reports on Tuesday.

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and praised Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, a British suicide bomber, for exploding a vehicle full of explosives near Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling IS fighters for control of the city.

A report on BBC.com identified al-Britani as Ronald Fiddler, a Brit who was seized by US forces in Afghanistan and taken to Guantanamo Bay in 2002.

The report said Fiddler, 50, of Manchester, England, became Jamal al-Harith when he converted to Islam in his early 20s. He later took the name Abu-Zakariya al-Britani

He crossed into Syria in 2014, the BBC reported.


He was let go from Gitmo in 2004 after then-Labor Home Secretary David Blunkett lobbied for his release saying he had been mistreated while being held.

He received a settlement of a million pounds from the British government, The Sun reported.

At the time of his release, Blunkett said: “No one who is returned … will actually be a threat to the security of the British people.”

The IS statement did not say when the bombing took place or whether there were any casualties.
 
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