Ibrahim al-Qosi is the first detainee to be sentenced by a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal since US president Barack Obama took office.

(Kazan, August 12, Tatar-Inform). A Guantanamo Bay military jury has sentenced Ibrahim al-Qosi, a one-time cook for Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to 14 years in prison.

The 51-year-old Qosi, from Sudan, is the first detainee to be sentenced by a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal since US president Barack Obama took office and pledged to shutter the controversial facility.

Qosi pleaded guilty in July to material support to terrorism, a charge both prosecution and defense agreed carried a sentence of between 12-15 years. But he has also hammered out a plea deal with prosecutors that includes stipulations on how long a sentence he should serve.

The details of the deal have not been made public, ABC News reports.

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