14-yr term, but Osama cook may be out earlier

A US military tribunal sentenced Osama bin Laden's former cook to 14 years in prison, but he is expected to serve far less under a plea deal that remains secret.


The defendant, Sudanese captive Ibrahim al Qosi, pleaded guilty last month in war crimes court at Guantanamo Bay US naval base to charges of conspiring with al-Qaida and providing material support for terrorism.
Military officials said it could be several months before his full plea agreement is made public. But al-Arabiya TV network based in Dubai quoted sources as saying it caps his sentence at two years.
Qosi was the first Guantanamo captive convicted under the administration of President Barack Obama, whose efforts to shut down the detention camp have been blocked by Congress.
His sentencing hit a snag because, according to the judge, US military ignored orders to develop a plan specifying how prisoners would serve their sentences after conviction in the Guantanamo tribunals.