"Qosi was accused of acting as accountant, paymaster, supply chief, and cook"
After eight years this is the first conviction we have gotten?
The guy who ran the kitchens?
"Terrorism suspect reaches plea deal in Guantanamo trial; For Obama, first conviction at the detention center" by Ben Fox, Associated Press | July 8, 2010
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — One of the first terrorism suspects taken to Guantanamo Bay reached a plea deal yesterday with military prosecutors, giving President Obama’s administration its first conviction of a prisoner at the detention center, which it is struggling to close.
Who makes deals with "terrorists?"
Related: US puts closing Guantanamo on back burner
Hey, what is one more broken promise from the man of change?
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi, who allegedly served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden, pleaded guilty to one count each of providing material support for terrorism and conspiracy at a hearing before a military judge, sparing him from additional counts at trial. Terms of the plea deal, including any limits on his sentence, were not disclosed.
Qosi — who has been held at Guantanamo since January 2002 — is scheduled to be sentenced by a panel of officers next month.....
Defense lawyers declined to comment to reporters.
In addition to guarding bin Laden, Qosi was accused of acting as accountant, paymaster, supply chief, and cook for Al Qaeda during the 1990s, when the terror network was centered in Sudan and Afghanistan....
Why did they leave out the fact that he was also his chaffeur?
New York-based Human Rights First criticized the government for taking so long to resolve the case against a prisoner captured by US forces in December 2001. “This is not a victory for the military commission system,’’ said Daphne Eviatar, a senior associate in the group’s Law and Security Program. “In fact Mr. al Qosi’s case is a textbook example of the inability of the military commission system . . . to achieve swift justice.’’
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Also yesterday, Germany agreed to take in two inmates cleared for release from Guantanamo.
German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the two prisoners have been in Guantanamo for nine years, but they do not face criminal charges. They are expected to arrive in Germany within a few weeks, he said.--more--"
