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Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, from Sudan, is charged with conspiracy (as an al Qaeda member) to commit war crimes, including attacking civilians and civilian targets, murder, destroying property and terrorism.
He is accused of being al Qaeda's accountant, paymaster and supply chief when the terrorist network was centered in Sudan and Afghanistan during the 1990s. He allegedly served as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard and driver – he was so trusted with bin Laden and his inner circle "before, during and after" the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States. He's also accused of training in bomb making and assassination at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan and of carrying messages between al Qaeda leaders in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia and elsewhere.
Born in 1960, al Qosi grew up in a middle class religious family in Sudan, spending most of his time in a neighborhood mosque and paying so little attention to his regular studies that he wasn't able to get into university. His brother, Abdullah, says the family lost track of him in 1996. "He was only committed to his religion," Abdullah told the Khartoum daily Al Sahafa newspaper.
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