'You don't say'! Suicide car bomber in Mosul was reportedly an ex-Gitmo detainee

Ahem. https://t.co/dFZROXmvxJ

— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) February 21, 2017

This seems … kind of important:

British man who carried out suicide bomb attack in Iraq on Sunday had been Guantanamo Bay detainee, BBC understands https://t.co/FUXjkHLZcE

— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) February 21, 2017

https://twitter.com/SohrabAhmari/status/834134932813393920

More from the BBC:

The self-styled Islamic State group said two days ago that Abu-Zakariya al-Britani detonated a car bomb at an Iraqi army base in Tal Gaysum, south-west of Mosul.

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He had been seized by US forces in Pakistan in 2001, before being sent to Guantanamo.

US interrogators found he provided useful information to them about the Taliban’s methods, and he was released after two years.

British man who died in suicide bomb attack in Mosul is former Guantanamo Bay prisoner pic.twitter.com/82NMcZZpRO

— Sky News Tonight (@SkyNewsTonight) February 21, 2017

… Oops?

Well, fancy that

— Bob Smith (@Schmiffy12) February 21, 2017

You don't say https://t.co/IQZ2E7kj7P

— Michele Frost (@michelelfrost) February 21, 2017

Well slap my ass and color me shocked… https://t.co/npdom6vgsp

— Senate Popular VotEEE (@EEElverhoy) February 21, 2017

That's why you don't let people out of Gitmo.

— Vigilante (@Vigilanteasy) February 21, 2017

That’s why you don’t let people out of Gitmo.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet.