22-02-2017 14:55 via theguardian.com

Tony Blair attacks Daily Mail's 'hypocrisy' over suicide bomber

Former PM denies his government paid £1m to British jihadi who died in Iraq and says Mail campaigned for his releaseTony Blair has denied that a Labour government paid compensation to the former Guantánamo Bay detainee who went on to blow himself up in Iraq, in a strongly worded statement in which he accused the Daily Mail of hypocritical coverage over the Manchester-born jihadi’s death.The former prime minister said compensation, thought to amount to £1m, was paid out u
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