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| Terror Networks |
| Some Binny bodyguards in custody... Wait. I said that, didn't I? |
| 2002-07-31 |
| Some of Osama Bin Laden's bodyguards have been in U.S. custody since February at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Military officials said Tuesday they didn't know how many of Bin Laden's bodyguards were among the 564 suspected Taliban or al-Qaida prisoners held in high-security metal cells at Guantanamo Bay. But some of the bodyguards have served Bin Laden for years and traveled extensively with him in Afghanistan. How much valuable information the bodyguards could give, assuming they were to decide to talk, remained unclear. While the detained bodyguards were among those who stayed closest to the al-Qaida leader, their job was to provide muscle, not advice. His bodyguards are not expected to know much about planning for past or future attacks beyond the stray snippets of conversations they may have overheard between Bin Laden and his lieutenants. Guess they're still in custody, huh? Probably they're all muscle or gophers, but you never can tell what tidbits they may have to disclose. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |