Al-Qosi, Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud

Country of proceedings: United-States
Context of crimes: Afghanistan (Terrorism)
Date: 2001 - present
Kaywords: Terrorism (conspiracy, material support)

Court Documents (in English and Arabic)
08-02-2008 - Sworn Charges
05-03-2008 - Referred Charges
19-12-2008 - Defence Motion to Dismiss
09-01-2009 - Government Response to Motion to Dismiss
14-01-2009 - Defence Reply
03-12-2009 - Ruling on Motion to Amend Charges
07-07-2010 - Guilty Plea (Press Release)

Additional information
The New York Times - Declassified Guantánamo documents

Presentation of the case
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al-Qosi is a Sudanese national currently detained at Guantánamo Bay after his capture in 2001. It was alleged that al-Qosi was the former bodyguard and driver of Osama bin Laden. Charges of conspiracy to commit war crimes were brought against al-Qosi in 2004, but following the US Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, the charges were dropped. New charges were brought against al-Qosi under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 for conspiracy and providing material support for terrorism.

In December 2009, a military judge ruled that the US could not add new charges to the case against al-Qosi, but partially allowed amendment of the existing charges. The amendments concerned the jurisdictional basis of the charges, substituting “unprivileged enemy belligerent” for “unlawful enemy combatant”.

In July 2010, al-Qosi pleaded guilty to the charges. It was reported in August 2010 that al-Qosi and the US government had reached a plea agreement setting out the maximum sentence that al-Qosi could receive at his military trial.

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