<

Bin Laden Bodyguards Held At Gitmo
Wednesday, July 31, 2002
(07:29)
CBSNews

Officials have said one of bin Laden's many sons, Mohammed, is part of his father's security detail. Mohammed bin Laden is not believed to be in custody. U.S. officials also have said another bin Laden son, Saad, is gaining influence as an al Qaeda leader.

WASHINGTON -- CBS
Some of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's bodyguards have been in U.S. custody since February at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, officials say.

Military officials said Tuesday they didn't know how many of bin Laden's bodyguards were among the 564 suspected Taliban or al Qaeda 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, said a senior U.S. official familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

How much valuable information the bodyguards could give, assuming they were to decide to talk, remained unclear.
(More: CBSNews.com News Source)
2002 © Columbia Broadcasting System.

Dan