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230: 128: 427: 411: 397: 382: 66: 25: 660:, which had become al-Qaeda's headquarters after their flight from Sudan. He underwent rigorous training and became a trainer himself before bin Laden singled him out to become his personal bodyguard, giving him a special revolver and two bullets which al-Bahri was to kill him with if ever he was surrounded by "the enemy". Al-Bahri is alleged to have met 684:
After a falling out with other members, largely due to ideological reasons – al-Bahri opposed bin Laden's decision to form a close alliance with the Taliban – but also because he had become a father, al-Bahri and his Yemeni wife returned to Yemen in December 2000. Bahri went back to al-Qaeda's Afghan
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Al-Bahri married his Yemeni bride, Tayssir, in 1999 and they have four children. On bin Laden's instruction, al-Bahri and Salim Ahmed Hamdan married sisters. Hamdan returned to Yemen in November 2008, having been imprisoned by the United States in the
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to al-Qaeda, where the latter became a driver for bin Laden. The two men married sisters. Captured in Afghanistan in 2001, Hamdan was the first detainee tried under the United States' tribunals; his military defense attorney took his case to the
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and then, briefly, to Somalia before arriving in Afghanistan in 1996 in the hope of joining al-Qaeda, which he soon did. After four years, al-Bahri became "disillusioned", largely because bin Laden consolidated al-Qaeda's relationship with the
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in his teens and became involved in clandestine political activities, "seeking reform and in support of dissident clerics". He became interested in
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and being convicted on a charge in 2008. Captured in Afghanistan and detained by the United States, Hamdan was the first detainee tried under the
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After his return to Yemen in 2000, he was taken into custody by the authorities and held for two years without trial. He agreed to abide by the
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He is described as "disengaged" from the war with the West, although he stated admiration for some of al-Qaeda's ideals.
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Al-Bahri wrote a memoir with the help of Georges Malbrunot about his experiences, which they published in French as
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while watching TV accounts of foreigners who traveled to Afghanistan to fight with the resistance during the
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Al-Bahri died of an undisclosed illness in the Yemeni city of Mukalla on 26 December 2015.
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Al-Bahri has said he opposes attacks that injure or kill civilians. While talking to the
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and subsequently worked as a taxi driver. He then worked as a business consultant.
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and participated in clandestine political activities which were funded in part by
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He went to Afghanistan in 1996 and entered the "Star of Jihad" complex near
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Dans l'ombre de Ben Laden : révélations de son garde du corps repenti
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headquarters one more time and stayed for one month. On his return to
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Nasser al-Bahri with Georges Malbrunot translated by Susan de Muth,
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for six years as one of bin Laden's twelve bodyguards, A citizen of
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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from 1996 to 2000. According to his memoir, he gave his
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In them he had to accept more education about 945: 763:in 2009, he said he had supported al Qaeda's 649:where he hoped to join the armed wing of the 477:(1972 – 26 December 2015), also known by his 1260:"Bin Laden a secret fan of footie and Monty" 681:roughly translates to "father of killing"). 1057:, 6 January 2010, Retrieved 22 January 2013 53:Learn how and when to remove these messages 1045: 1043: 1041: 1039: 1037: 1035: 289:Learn how and when to remove this message 271:Learn how and when to remove this message 212:Learn how and when to remove this message 110:Learn how and when to remove this message 1257: 705:Following his release, al-Bahri studied 1311:Guarding Bin Laden: My life in al-Qaeda 1239:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1219:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1199:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1179:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1159:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1108:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1088:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1068:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1032: 1020:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 1000:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 980:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 918:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 898:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda 754:Guarding bin Laden: My Life in Al-Qaeda 1352: 712: 645:(1992–95), then spent a short time in 559:Yemeni jihadist rehabilitation program 148:Please improve this article by adding 1161:. pp. 215–6. 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