“It is correct that Jamal al-Harith was released from Guantánamo Bay at the request of the British government in 2004,” Mr. Blair said. The Islamic State released a photograph of a militant it said was the bomber. The Times of London quoted a man named Leon Jameson as saying that the person in the photograph was his brother, Mr. Harith. “If it is true, then I’ve lost a brother.”However, neither American nor British officials could say for certain that the militant was Mr. Harith, who was also known as Ronald Fiddler. That said, he had lain low, so attention was put on people who were more active.”A number of Britons have gone off to fight for the Islamic State.

Source: New York Times February 22, 2017 13:17 UTC