Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi
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Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi is a Sudanese citizen and alleged paymaster for al-Qaida. He was captured in December, 2001 in Afghanistan and held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay. In February, 2004, he was named in documents for the first military tribunals to be held for detainees. The U.S. alleges that he joined al-Qaida in 1989 and worked as a driver and bodyguard for Osama bin Laden, as well as working as a quartermaster for al-Qaida. He is also alleged to have been the treasurer of a business which was an al-Qaida front.
He was indicted along with Ali Hamza Ahmed Sulayman al Bahlul. The indictment should allow them access to defense lawyers to prepare their defenses. He is charged with conspiracy to commit war crimes, including attacking civilians, murder, destruction of property and terrorism.
Al Qosi was born in 1960 and has a brother named Abdullah.