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  • Bin Laden lieutenant Abu Jandal is a diabetic, Soufan said, and wouldn't eat sugar cookies he'd been offered.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • The pair's interrogation of one prisoner, Nasser al-Bahri, known by his nickname Abu Jandal, played a key intelligence role in those first frenzied weeks.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Michelle Shephard 2011

  • In the words of his chief bodyguard Abu Jandal, “He wanted his followers to live an austere and modest life in this world.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Abu Jandal, whose real name is Nasser Ahmad Nasser al-Bahri, had been jailed in a Yemeni prison since 2000.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • As bin Laden himself put it to his bodyguard, Abu Jandal, in death “his blood would become a beacon that arouses the zeal and determination of his followers.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • As a result Abu Jandal disgorged a great deal of information about the terror network.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • As bin Laden himself put it to his bodyguard, Abu Jandal, in death “his blood would become a beacon that arouses the zeal and determination of his followers.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • None of this bonanza of timely intelligence was acquired using coercive measures, but all of it was especially valuable as Abu Jandal was the first al-Qaeda insider to explain the inner workings of the group during the period after bin Laden had moved his men to Afghanistan in 1996.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • In the words of his chief bodyguard Abu Jandal, “He wanted his followers to live an austere and modest life in this world.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Abu Jandal, a Yemeni who became one of his bodyguards, described his first meeting with bin Laden in 1997 as “beautiful” and said he came to look on him “as a father.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

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  • Trademark /New Zealand: a type of sandal with a strip of material between the big toe and the other toes and over the foot.

    August 24, 2016