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By: Anthony Kimery, Editor-in-Chief
08/17/2016 ( 6:47pm)
As the Obama administration released 15 more
high value Al Qaeda detainees from Guantanamo (GITMO), former detainee
Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud Al Qosi -- who was released in 2012 as part of a
plea deal after pleading guilty to conspiracy and supporting terrorism
and joined and immediately hooked up with Al Qaeda in the
Arabian
Peninsula (AQAP) in December 2014 – this week vowed attacks in the US
by English-speaking jihadis with Western names not on CIA or FBI
terrorist lists.
"[Attacks] will continue but will be [in] a creative
and new way by men of your own [who] carry your names, speak your
language, and did not receive training in Afghanistan, and whose names
are not on the CIA and FBI black list – men who might have in the past
drunk alcohol, eaten pork, or been soldiers in your army,” Al Qosi, a
member of AQAP's Shura council, vowed in an article published by Al Marsa, a weekly newspaper affiliated with AQAP.
He also “urged the mujahideen in Syria to unite and
form a new army whose mission would be to liberate Al Aqsa mosque in
Jerusalem,” according to the Middle East Media Research Institute
(MEMRI).
Homeland Security Today previously reported
that Al Qaeda and its affiliated groups like AQAP were actively
recruiting radicalized Westerners unknown to counterterrorism
authorities who are able to travel freely throughout the West.
In September 2004, and again in November 2007, Joint
Task Force-GITMO (JTF-GITMO) “recommend[ed] this detainee for continued
detention under Department of Defense [DoD] control” because he “is an
admitted veteran jihadist with combat experience beginning in 1990 and
it is assessed he would engage in hostilities against US forces, if
released,”
according to JTF-GITMO’S classified file on Al Qosi.
Indeed, the “Secret” JTF-GITMO file on Al Qosi
considered him to be, “A high risk, as he is likely to pose a threat to
the US, its interests, and allies” if he were ever released, noting that
he vowed a “long term commitment to jihad.”
The JTF-GITMO file further noted Al Qosi “has openly admitted being a member
of
Al Qaeda, as well as a trusted associate and loyal bodyguard to Usama
Bin Laden (UBL),” and “has been very forthright regarding his commitment
to UBL and Al Qaeda.”
The classified file further noted that he “is an
admitted Al Qaeda operative and one of UBL’s most trusted associates and
veteran bodyguard. Detainee was the accountant for UBL’s Taba
Investment Company (TIC) in Sudan, which provided financial and
logistical services for UBL and Al Qaeda. Detainee served as a treasurer
and courier for TIC. Detainee is associated with senior Al Qaeda
members and received advanced training. Detainee participated in
hostilities against US and Coalition forces at Tora Bora, Afghanistan.”
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