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Summary
A convicted terrorist claims he was offered a reduced jail term in return for dropping claims that British security agents colluded in his torture. Rangzieb Ahmed, 33, claims officers from Greater Manchester Police and MI5 visited him in prison to try to persuade him to withdraw claims his fingernails were pulled out under interrogation in Pakistan. In December, Ahmed, from Rochdale, became the first person in Britain to be convicted of directing terrorist activities and was jailed for life at Manchester Crown Court. He was found guilty of heading a three-man al-Qaida cell preparing to commit mass murder. He denies being a member of al-Qaeda.
