Sudan: Freed Guantanamo prisoner returns home
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A former al-Qaida cook released from Guantanamo was flown to his home in Sudan on Wednesday, the country's state media reported.
Ibrahim al-Qosi, in his 50s, was taken by a U.S. Air Force aircraft to Khartoum airport, Omdurman radio said. He was greeted by his father and brother on his arrival and told the station that he had a difficult time in "unfair detention in the infamous Guantanamo prison."
Al-Qosi was taken to Guantanamo in 2002, one of the first terror suspects to be sent there.
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He pleaded guilty in July 2010 to supporting terrorism by providing logistical support to al-Qaida and was sentenced to 14 years, all but two of which were suspended by the Pentagon legal officer overseeing Guantanamo tribunals. The suspension was contingent on a number of conditions, including that Al-Qosi not engage in "hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners."
Al-Qosi did not receive credit for the more than eight years he had spent at Guantanamo before his conviction.
The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum could not be reached for comment.