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Bin Laden planning U.S. attack -- ex-guard

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Published: March. 31, 2006 at 4:36 AM

SANAA, Yemen, March 31 (UPI) -- That Osama bin Laden is planning another attack on the United States is "certain," his former bodyguard told CBS' "60 Minutes."

Abu Jandal, who worked for the al-Qaida leader from 1996 to 2000, said in an interview to be broadcast April 2: "When Sheik Osama promises something, he does it. ... So I believe Osama bin Laden is planning a new attack inside the United States; this is certain."

He also said he believes that bin Laden is not hiding in Pakistan but in Afghanistan, and he claims that bin Laden will never be taken alive. "There was a special gun to be used if Sheik Osama bin Laden was attacked and we were unable to save him, in which case I would have to kill him," he said.

Abu Jandal revealed that bin Laden narrowly escaped being killed by a 1998 U.S. missile attack on al-Qaida training camps near Khost, Afghanistan, a retaliatory strike for the al-Qaida bombing of two U.S. embassies in Africa.

Still a faithful supporter of bin Laden's, he wishes he were still with the al-Qaida leader, and he hopes that his son will become a martyr for the cause.

Topics: bin Laden, Osama bin Laden, Sheik Osama
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