Abu Jandal

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Abu Jandal was a member of al-Qaeda and former chief bodyguard of Osama bin Laden. He is a Saudi citizen of Yemeni descent. Abu Jandal was arrested by Yemeni authorities in connection with the USS Cole bombing in October 2000,

Following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's World Trade Center, Abu Jandal was brought before FBI agent Ali Soufan for questioning in Aden, Yemen. After five days of intense interrogation, Abu Jandal identified many of the hijackers and became a significant source to link the 9/11 attacks to al-Qaeda. He then provided information for the United States war on Afghanistan in October 2001.

Abu Jandal is currently free from custody and lives in Yemen.

Abu Jandal told CNN that bin Laden handed him a gun and told him: "In it are two bullets. You will never let me be captured alive." [1]

He is said to have been born a few years before 1970, to be the father of two children and suffer from diabeties.^[1]