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British suicide bomber in Iraq had won compensation for Guantanamo stay
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Wed Feb 22, 2017 | 8:55am EST
British suicide bomber in Iraq had won compensation for Guantanamo stay
By Guy Faulconbridge and Ali Abdelaty | LONDON/CAIRO
An Islamic State suicide bomber from Britain who blew himself up in an attack on Iraqi forces this week had been given compensation for his detention in the Guantanamo Bay military prison, Western security sources said on Wednesday.
Islamic State militants said Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, a British citizen who was originally known as Ronald Fiddler and then cast himself as Jamal Udeen al-Harith, detonated a car bomb at an Iraqi army base southwest of Mosul this week.
The militants also published a photograph of the smiling bomber surrounded by wires in the seat of what appeared to be the car in which he blew himself up.
The Islamic State statements could not be independently verified by Reuters but three Western security sources said it was highly likely that Britani was the bomber and now dead.
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British suicide bomber in Iraq had won compensation for Guantanamo stay
By Guy Faulconbridge and Ali Abdelaty | LONDON/CAIRO
An Islamic State suicide bomber from Britain who blew himself up in an attack on Iraqi forces this week had been given compensation for his detention in the Guantanamo Bay military prison, Western security sources said on Wednesday.
Islamic State militants said Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, a British citizen who was originally known as Ronald Fiddler and then cast himself as Jamal Udeen al-Harith, detonated a car bomb at an Iraqi army base southwest of Mosul this week.
The militants also published a photograph of the smiling bomber surrounded by wires in the seat of what appeared to be the car in which he blew himself up.
The Islamic State statements could not be independently verified by Reuters but three Western security sources said it was highly likely that Britani was the bomber and now dead.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-britain-militant-idUSKBN1611A8
