Posted on 02/22/2017 8:35:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
An ISIS suicide bomber in Iraq who detonated a truck bomb at an army base outside Mosul has been identified as a British citizen who was held at the U.S. detention center in Guantanamo, Cuba.
Ronald Fiddler, also known as Jamal al-Harith after he converted to Islam in the 1990s, was captured in a Taliban prison in 2002. He was suspected of having links to Osama bin Laden and was transferred to Guantanamo.
Al-Harith claimed he was mistreated at the prison camp and that British agents were complicit. He was transferred back to the U.K. in 2004 and was awarded a million pounds in compensation.
He was announced as a suicide bomber who targeted coalition forces outside Mosul this week when ISIS released a picture of him smiling in a 4x4 that was seen in video footage speeding down a track. ISIS claimed Harith caused multiple casualties, according to the Times of London.
Harith, 50, traveled to Syria to join the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, in 2014, raising fears that the money given to him had been passed on to ISIS. He was known to fellow militants as Abu-Zakariya al-Britani.
Harith, who was accused of having links to Osama bin Laden, was held in Guantanamo Bay without charge for two years after he was discovered in a Taliban prison in Afghanistan in 2001, the Times of London reported.
Manchester-born Harith's brother Leon Jameson told the newspaper that his brother "wasted his life."
"It is him, I can tell by his smile," he said of the ISIS image. "If it is true then I've lost a brother, so another family (member) gone."
Memo to ISIS: Make sure you send a thank-you note to the British government. A million pounds buys a lot of bombs to kill innocent civilians
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
After all, he didn’t have much time to get “vested” in the ISIS pension plan
At least his widow can now raise another little bomber in style
So, how many people did Obama kill with his inane attempt to empty Guantanimo this time?
Hussein should be charged with murder for anyone killed by the scumbags he let out.
BeBBBet, he was ordered, released by Obama as well.
This particular terrorist was released in 2004. Guess who was President then?
Just as bad.
On the bright side, besides himself, he probably took out some other muslims. Every little bit counts.
“Hussein should be charged with murder for anyone killed by the scumbags he let out.”
I couldn’t agree more, but, like the clinton’s, nothing will happen.
“Hussein should be charged with murder for anyone killed by the scumbags he let out.”
I couldn’t agree more, but, like the clinton’s, nothing will happen.
He was released by GW Bush.
It doesn’t matter who released him, the fact is he should have never been released.
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