Row after UK man compensated for Guantanamo Bay detention linked to ISIS suicide bombing
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A row has erupted in Britain over who signed off on an estimated million-pound compensation payout to a former Guantanamo Bay detainee. Jamal al-Harith was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2004 after lobbying from the Blair Labour government, but is now thought to have carried out a suicide bombing for the Islamic State group in Iraq. A lawyer for his family says regardless of his actions since, Al-Harith deserved compensation at the time
Source: AM | Duration: 2min 54sec
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, united-kingdom, iraq, united-states
A row has erupted in Britain over who signed off on an estimated one-million-pound compensation payout to a former Guantanamo Bay detainee.
Jamal al-Harith was released from Guantanamo bay in 2004 after lobbying from the Blair Labour government.
He's later thought to have carried out a suicide bombing for the Islamic state group in Iraq.
But in 2010, back when Theresa May was Home Secretary in the Cameron government, someone approved a compensation payment for him.
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Tim Loughton, British Conservative MP
Jack Straw, Blair Government Home Secretary
Robert Lizar, family lawyer
