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Abu Zakariya al-Britani, formerly known as Ronald Fiddler from Manchester, blew himself up in an attack two days ago<\/h2>\n
The British ISIS fighter who carried out a suicide bombing in Iraq was a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who won \u00a31million for his ‘mistreatment’.<\/p>\n
Two days ago the Islamic State praised Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, after blowing up a vehicle at an Iraqi army base in Tal Gaysum, south-west of Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling the terror group for control of the city.<\/p>\n
Before converting to Islam in his 20s, it is understood he was known as Ronald Fiddler.<\/p>\n
Initially, he used the name Jamal al-Harith before then changing it again to al-Britani.<\/p>\nSmoke rises next to a position held by the Iraqi rapid response forces during a battle against Islamic State militants in the south of Mosul, Iraq (Photo: REUTERS)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
His brother Leon Jameson told The Times that Fiddler had “wasted his life.”<\/p>\n
He added: “It is him, I can tell by the smile. ”<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old, originally from Manchester, was seized by US forces in Afghanistan before being sent to Guantanamo Bay in 2002.<\/p>\nJamal al Harith , from Manchester, leaves Northolt RAF base in 2004 with plain clothes police officers after being released from custody (Photo: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFiddler, 50, was also known as Abu Zakariya al-Britani<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
He was released two years later after the British government campaigned for his release as al-Britani claimed his innocence.<\/p>\n
On his return to the UK, he launched a compensation claim on the grounds British agents knew or were complicit in his mistreatment and was handed up to \u00a31million of taxpayers\u2019 money to stay silent.<\/p>\nThe video apparently shows militants driving off in reinforced cars loaded with explosives (Photo: Handout)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
But it emerged that, despite security services being fully aware of his previous detention, he was able to escape the UK 18 months ago to fight with ISIS in Syria.<\/p>\n
Pictures online show al-Britani grinning next to what appears to be wires connected to a red-buttoned detonator.<\/p>\n
ISIS said he was one of two militants involved in the attack on a Shiite army outpost.<\/p>\n
Islamic State registration papers signed by Fiddler in April 2014 when he crossed into Syria from Turkey have recently been discovered.<\/p>\n
The forms stated he volunteered to be a fighter, saying his knowledge of Islam was basic.<\/p>\n
ISIS claimed his attack, during an ongoing battle for control of the city, caused multiple casualties.<\/p>\n
According to figures published by the UK government last year, about 850 people regarded as a national security concern have gone to become fighters in the Middle East.<\/p>\n
Of those, just under half have returned to the UK and approximately 120 are dead.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of Iraqi forces launched a massive offensive on October 17 to retake the city, which is Iraq’s second largest and the only remaining major stronghold of the jihadists in the country.<\/p>\n
They retook control of the eastern side of Mosul last month.<\/p>\n
IS fighters of a variety of nationalities, including Britons, have carried out suicide attacks on many occasions in Iraq and Syria in the past three years.<\/p>\n\n
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