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flag The UK paid compensation to Abu Zubaydah for its role in his CIA torture, acknowledging intelligence cooperation despite no public details.

flag The UK has paid substantial compensation to Abu Zubaydah, a Palestinian-born man held at Guantanamo Bay since 2006, to settle a lawsuit alleging UK intelligence complicity in his torture during secret CIA detention. flag British agencies provided interrogation questions while knowing he endured extreme techniques like waterboarding and sleep deprivation. flag The settlement, confirmed by his legal team, acknowledges UK responsibility despite the undisclosed amount and his inability to access funds. flag Zubaydah, once thought a senior al-Qaeda figure but never charged, remains detained indefinitely. flag The case reflects broader concerns about global detention practices and accountability for intelligence cooperation.

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