Ex-Bin Laden Bodyguard Who Was Released From Guantanamo Is Now Star Of al Qaeda Videos

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Ex-Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim al Qosi has emerged as a prominent face in al Qaeda propaganda videos.

During a video that was released in February, Ibrahim al Qosi, aged 55, denounced the Saudi monarchy and urged young jihadists to travel to Yemen.

The jihadist was detained in Afghanistan in December, 2001 and jailed at the prison complex.

Al Qosi pleaded guilty to providing material support to al Qaeda in 2010 under a plea deal.

He was transferred to Sudan in 2012.

During his time in Sudan, he took a job as a cab driver, according to his US attorney.

But last year, it became apparent that al Qosi had reverted back to his old ways after he appeared in al Qaeda videos.

 

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The Long War Journal reported that In the latest propaganda video, which appears to be the fourth in a string of messages featuring al Qosi published since December, the former US detainee denounced a recent mass execution in Saudi Arabia.

Al Qosi began fighting for al Qaeda in 1990 and rose to become a member of bin Laden’s personal security team in 1994.

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