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Bin Laden’s Former Cook Released from Gitmo

HeadlineJul 12, 2012

A Guantánamo Bay prisoner who once served as Osama bin Laden’s cook and bodyguard has been released after 10 years behind bars. Ibrahim al-Qosi was initially sentenced to 14 years in 2010 but later had his term reduced under an unspecified plea deal. He was never accused of any acts of violence. Qosi has returned to his native Sudan, where he has been reunited with his wife and two children.

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