Bin Laden's former bodyguard Nasser al-Bahri dies

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

Nasser al-Bahri - Osama Bin Laden's former bodyguard - has died after a long illness, medical sources in Yemen have told the BBC.

They said Mr Bahri, a Yemeni national, passed away on Saturday in a hospital in the southern city of Mukalla. He is believed to have been in his 40s.

Mr Bahri, also known as Abu Jandal, was also a driver for the late al-Qaeda leader, when he was in Afghanistan.

Mr Bahri was freed from the Guantanamo Bay jail and returned to Yemen in 2008.

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28 December 2015 Middle East

[lastlib]

1. Damn--what a loss.......

[SoapBox]

2. Buh-Bye!

And good riddance.

[JI7]

3. Bush freed Bin Laden's Bodyguard ? we should bring this up anytime they complain about Bergdahl

and the prisoner exchange .

[GGJohn]

4. The difference being that Bergdahl deserted,

Bin Laden's bodyguard was captured.

[JI7]

5. Bergdahl was planning to report to other US authorities

and he was STILL captured. he wasn't planning to join the taliban.

[GGJohn]

7. He fucking deserted his post in a combat zone, putting his fellow soldiers in danger,

there's no fucking excuse for that.
He wouldn't have been captured if he hadn't deserted his post.

[JI7]

8. the fact is Bergdahl likely wasn't fit to serve but because they are so desperate for people

they took him .

[GGJohn]

9. He VOLUNTEERED for the Army,

he fucking well knew he would likely end up in a combat zone, he wasn't drafted.
There is NO excuse for him deserting his post, none.

That said, I'm glad that Pres. Obama authorized the swap to bring Bergdahl home to face justice.

[JI7]

10. it doesn't matter , they should have rejected him

based on his mental state.

[GGJohn]

11. Why are you making excuses for this man?

He obviously passed all the enlistment quals, graduated Basic Training, was qualified to serve in a combat zone.
Stop blaming the Army for Bergdahl deserting, he consciously made the decision to walk off of his base, thereby putting his fellow soldiers in danger, which, in my eyes, is the ultimate military crime.

[JackRiddler]

12. There's no fucking excuse for being there in the first place.

[GGJohn]

13. Irrelevant,

we are there and Bergdahl deserted his post putting his fellow soldiers in danger.
That's inexcusable.

[JackRiddler]

14. Far more important.

One wonders why your so deeply felt outrage and quasi-religious certainty in condemning the alleged actions of one man under stress (who killed no one, far as I know), as opposed to this being a very minor blip in a wrongful war, which is part of a worldwide set of wrongful wars in which mass atrocities have been committed -- mainly by policy, but also by individuals who went haywire in far more significant ways and massacred and tortured people.

But wait, before we go on, a simple litmus test of whether you and I should even bother to engage further. Reply to the following names: Chris Kyle. Bradley Manning.

Thank you.

[GGJohn]

15. Kyle and Manning are not the subject here.

We can debate the war all we want, that's not the issue, Bergdahl deserted his post during wartime, he put his fellow soldiers in danger when they had to go look for him.
This, being I'm retired Army, deeply offends me and if he's found guilty, the military should impose the maximum sentence possible.

[JackRiddler]

16. Bergdahl's not the subject either.

The thread is about Binladin's bodyguard, someone decided Bergdahl was relevant and that set you off, as you say. I so could not care less. If he deserted, too bad. It's a minor thing compared to the enterprise he was involved with in the first place. And anyway, for a court to decide (if a military one).

[840high]

6. yes