Prison term cut for bin Laden cook

Al Jazeera ^ | February 10th 2011 | Agencies

[Cardhu]

The former cook of al-Qaeda's Osama bin Laden has had his Guantanamo prison sentence reduced to two years from 14, under a plea agreement that remains secret.

The US military said Ibrahim al-Qosi's sentence had been reduced on Wednesday, contingent on his adherence to agreed upon terms.

Those terms included an agreement not to engage in or materially support hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.

Al-Qosi, who is about 50, acknowledged in his plea agreement that he knew al-Qaeda was a terrorist group when he ran one of the kitchens in bin Laden's Star of Jihad compound in Afghanistan.

A Sudanese, he was one of the first terrorism suspects taken to Guantanamo in 2002, and pleaded guilty in July last year to to charges of conspiring with al-Qaeda while being under pressure and providing material support for bin Laden and the group.

He has admitted helping the al-Qaeda leader escape US forces in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan after the US invasion in 2001.

But he said he had no involvement in or prior knowledge of any terrorist acts, including the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, which prompted the US invasion.

Al-Qosi is one of 172 captives held at the Guantanamo prison in Cuba, and one of only three held there who have been convicted of crimes in the controversial military tribunals. Two other men convicted in the tribunals served short sentences and were sent home to Australia and Yemen.

[Average Al]

From the looks of Bin Ladden the last time we saw him it looked like his cook was doing us a favor trying to kill the guy. ;-)

[jimmyo57]

He probably makes a mean pork roast and is getting time off for good behavior! lol

[Average Al]

No kidding!

[piasa]

Update:

Freed Gitmo detainee, ex-bin Laden aide cements place as top jihadist in videos
Fox News ^ | February 17, 2016

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3398463/posts