What's A Million Pounds Between Enemies?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3267074/UK-gave-freed-Guantanamo-inmate-1million-compensation-s-fled-Syria-joined-ISIS.html

[Zacs-Master]

The compensation is not a one-off either:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11891519/Guantanamo-Bays-last-British-detainee-to-be-released-back-to-the-UK.html
Looks like we've shot ourselves in both feet.

[Gromit]

- The £1million compensation was for British Agents torturing him.
- The Torturers obvious did not engraciate themselves and he has promptly joined their enemy.
- Should we prevent enemies of our country leaving to join ISIS where they will almost certainly be killed, or encourage them?

[Gromit]

* ingratiate

[Zacs-Master]

'Almost certainly be killed'. Really? Any evidence?

[Gromit]

Zacs
http://edition.cnn.com/2015/06/03/middleeast/isis-conflict/

I suspect that figure will rise sharply now that the Syrian Army (with Iranian and Hezbollah ground troops) have Russian air cover.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// - Should we prevent enemies of our country leaving to join ISIS where they will almost certainly be killed, or encourage them? ///

If that is really their fate, then no not at all, but we shouldn't be giving them £1m in spending money for their travels.

[Gromit]

AOG,
As pointed out earlier, the 2 events are not connected.
The compensation was for the torture. If we hadn't been complicit in that, we wouldn't have need to spend £1million to shut him up.

Being tortured for 2 years might turn you against your torturers?

[anotheoldgit]

/// That year it was reported he and three other detainees launched a legal action against the US government, each demanding $10million – £5.4million at the time. ///

They were unsuccessful in their claim for compensation from the US, but what the hell there's always the over generous UK to dish out their taxpayer's hard earned cash dosh.

[sandyRoe]

I wonder did he take it with him when he went to join ISIS?

[youngmafbog]

Well I'm glad he went to join ISIS. He wont be around long now.

[Svejk]

^Inshallah. ;o)

[Gromit]

AOG

Torture is illegal, so the lesson is that the Security Services should not be complicit in torture, and should not cost the country £millions in compensation.

[Sir Alec]

The £1m will come in handy for ISIS to buy more weapons with which to kill 'infidels' in the UK and the rest of Europe.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

How is it that the actual 'tortures' got away without paying a cent, yet the alleged complicits in torture psyed up willingly?

[anotheoldgit]

Sir Alec

/// The £1m will come in handy for ISIS to buy more weapons with which to kill 'infidels' in the UK and the rest of Europe. ///

Or perhaps his family will be good enough to donate it to Save the Migrant's Fund?

[Gromit]

// How is it that the actual 'torturers' got away without paying a cent, yet the alleged complicits in torture paid up willingly? //

In this instance, the money seems to have had a gagging order attached to it if the Daily Mail report is to be believed. The Government would sooner give him loads of money to keep him quiet rather than have lurid stories about the British helping in the torture of prisoners.

[anotheoldgit]

Gromit

/// The Government would sooner give him loads of money to keep him quiet rather than have lurid stories about the British helping in the torture of prisoners. ///

Seems it didn't work in your case.

[Gromit]

Do you have any idea about the case you are writing about AOG?

When the US invaded Afghanistan, he was found by the Red Cross rotting in a Kabul jail. He had been captured by the Taluban and accused of being a British Spy. The British Embassy and Red Cross arranged for his return to his home in Manchester. However, he never made it. He was taken from Kabul airport and flown to Guantanamo Bay accused of being an enemy combatant (even though he had been in jail for months). For the next two years he was tortured by the US with the help of British Agents.