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Nasser al-Bahri, also known by his ''kunya'' or ''nom de guerre'' as Abu Jandal – "father of death".〔http://www.rulit.net/books/the-black-banners-read-249656-134.html〕〔 Born in 1972,〔(Sudarsan Raghavan, "Former bin Laden bodyguard is among ex-guerrillas in Yemen" ), ''Washington Post'', January 6, 2010, accessed 22 January 2013〕 al-Bahri is a citizen of Yemen. He was a member of al-Qaeda in Afghanistan from 1996 to 2000. He gave his bayat (secret oath of allegiance) to Osama bin Laden in 1998, an experience he describes in detail in his memoir.〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.123. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 He was in al-Qaeda for four years, first as one of bin Laden's twelve bodyguards,〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.82. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 and then as head of Osama bin Laden's security detail.〔 〕 Al-Bahri was radicalized in his teens by dissident Saudi Ulemas and participated in clandestine political activities which were funded in part by people trafficking.〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.25. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 Having determined to become a jihadist he went first to Bosnia〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.27. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 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 Taliban by giving his bayat to its leader, Mullah Omar,〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.215. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 but also because he had married and become a father. 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 parole conditions of a Yemeni jihadist rehabilitation program directed by judge Hamoud al-Hitar. In them he had to accept more education about Islam, as well as discuss his new and old ideas about jihad with the judge and younger students.〔 During a September 2009 interview with reporter Michelle Shephard of the ''Toronto Star'', Al Bahri said that he was no longer a member of al-Qaeda, but that he supported the organization for some of its beliefs.〔 He claimed to have recruited Salim Ahmed Hamdan to al-Qaeda, where the latter became a driver for bin Laden. The two men married sisters and became brothers-in-law.〔 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 US Supreme Court in ''Hamdan v. Rumsfeld'' (2006) to challenge their constitutionality. Al-Bahri and Hamdan were the subjects of the documentary, ''The Oath'' (2010), by American director Laura Poitras, which explored their time in al-Qaeda and afterward. ==Early life== Al Bahri was born in 1972 in Saudi Arabia to Yemeni parents.〔 He was radicalized in his teens and became involved in clandestine political activities, "seeking reform and in support of dissident clerics". He became interested in jihad while watching TV accounts of foreigners who traveled to Afghanistan to fight with the resistance during the Soviet occupation during the 1980s.〔 In 1993 he traveled to Bosnia to fight with international brigades of militant Islamists who joined Bosnia's indigenous Muslims in their conflict with Yugoslavia and the Serbians. Afterward he spent a short time in Somalia〔 where he hoped to join the armed wing of the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in their fight to take power. He was unhappy with "their amateurism" and "love of money"〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.44. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 and left for Afghanistan where he hoped to join al-Qaeda. He went to Afghanistan in 1996 and entered the "Star of Jihad" complex near Kandahar, which had become al-Qaeda's headquarters after their flight from Sudan.〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.54. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 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, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.9. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 Al-Bhahri was promoted to head of bin Laden's security detail and is alleged to have met Mohamed Atta and others of the 9-11 hijackers while in Afghanistan.〔 He had taken the ''kunya'' ''Abu Jandal'' (the father of Jandal, "the rock" which loosely translates as "the powerful one").〔 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〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.215-6. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 – 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 headquarters one more time〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.169. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 and stayed for one month. On his return to Sanaa, Yemen, he was arrested by security forces in February 2001 at the request of the United States.〔 〕〔 Al-Bahri has said he was held without trial for nearly two years, 13 months of which in solitary confinement.〔 He learned about 9/11 in his prison cell in Sanaa.〔Al-Bahri, Nasser, ''Guarding bin Laden: My Life in al-Qaeda''. p.185. Thin Man Press. London. ISBN 9780956247360〕 Under the direction of a Yemeni judge Hamoud al-Hitar, Al-Bahri agreed to participate in the Yemeni jihadist rehabilitation program, through which captured jihadists took education andchallenged their philosophy, while working with students. Al Bahri was finally released in 2002 after a few months in the program.〔 He said it was not very effective.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nasser al-Bahri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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